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Ukrainian Feminist, Who Has Been Honored On a French Postage Stamp, Tweets anti-Islam Message About Ramadan

From Vlad Tepes blog:

France’s Marianne muse stirs pot with anti-Islam tweet

The leader of feminist activist group Femen, Inna Shevchenko, on Tuesday sparked an online controversy after posting an anti-Islam message to her Twitter account. Shevchenko is one of the inspirations for France’s new official stamp depicting Marianne, the feminine symbol of the French Republic – a fact that makes the accusations of Islamophobia she is currently facing even more inopportune. The “tweet” in question, published on July 9, reads: “What can be more stupid than Ramadan? What can be more uglier then this religion?”

Here's an article on the nation of France honoring Inna on Bastille Day:

French President Francois Hollande has chosen a controversial Ukrainian feminist known for her topless protests as the new incarnation of Marianne, one of France's national emblems, in a move that is drawing mixed reactions.
Hollande chose July 14 -- Bastille Day, the country's most popular national holiday -- to unveil a new stampinspired by Femen movement leader Inna Shevchenko.
It is the first time a foreign woman has been picked to represent Marianne.
One of the stamp's creators, French artist and gay-rights activist Oliver Ciappa, confirmed on Twitter that his Marianne was based chiefly on the 23-year-old Shevchenko.
According to Ciappa and co-author David Kavena, the design is "international and timeless" and blends elements of Renaissance art, French comics, Japanese manga, and U.S. animation from the 1950s.
It was among 15 designs preselected by a jury that included schoolchildren.
Hollande said the new stamp symbolized his presidential commitment to youth. "I decided following my election that the republic's new stamp would have the face of youth, that it would be created by youth, and that it would be chosen by youth," he said.
Marianne, a young woman wearing a Phrygian hat, became the symbol of the French republic shortly after the 1789 revolution.

Here's the original Marianne:

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