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French Mother on Trial for Sending Son Named ‘Jihad’ to Nursery School With ‘Born on 11 September’ Shirt

Mar. 9, 2013 7:24pm Christopher Santarelli

French Mother Sends Son Named Jihad to Nursery School With Born on 11 September Shirt, On Trial

Bouchra Bagour is facing charges of glorifying crime after she sent her son Jihad to school with T-shirt that read “I am the bomb”. (Computergirls1985)

Bouchra Bagour says she doesn’t defend terrorism, but is on trial in Southern France charged with “glorifying crime” after she sent her son named “Jihad” to nursery school with a T-shirt reading “I am a bomb” and “Born on 11 September.”

BBC News reports that the 35-year-old was reported to police by a teacher last September after her son wore a shirt to school on September 24 that read “I am a bomb” on the front and “Jihad, born on 11 September” on the back. Bargour’s brother gave the shirt to the boy, and is a co-defendent in the case. Bargour has said in court that she put the shirt on her son “without stopping to think about it.”

“Jihad’s” birthday is September 11, and mother and uncle claim that the shirt did not intend to refer to the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Prosecutors don’t believe their story, and France 24 reports that the two face up to five years in prison and fines of up to 45,000 euros each.

A photo of the shirt can be seen on the French website Le Parisien.

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Stoic one
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 11:42pm
Naming a child jihad, make about as much sense as naming one crucifixion.

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- goodman80
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 4:04pm
  some people really should be sterilized from birth…. wait i think the current administration is working on that one.
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 5:57pm
  Or,
  muhammad..
  
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- rambosharley
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 5:08am
  WOW you can go to jail from wearing a shirt, that has something offensive on it!
  
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- ltb
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:01pm
  Yet another reason to not believe in Evolution. If Evolution works because of “survival of the fittest,” why are people becoming dumber and dumber? Sometimes I wonder how most people remember to breathe and yet the number of stupid people in the world keeps increasing exponentially. If Darwin was right, you’d think we’d all be up there with Albert Einstein after 200,000 years of human evolution.
  
  Actually, I have a theory about the ubiquity of stupidity these days, and believe the reason there are so many stupid people in the world is because the world is becoming increasingly sinful. Ever seen a smart gang of criminals? Yeah, me neither. Focusing on our own lusts (e.g., hate, greed, etc.), tends to make us do really stupid, inconsiderate things because we are only thinking of ourselves and not how our actions impact others. When the anti-Christ is revealed, a world of stupid people will be cheering him on.
  
  —–
  
  “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.” (Judges 17:6)
  
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high school drop out
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 10:37pm
Just goes to show..There are complete morons everywhere!… People like this woman do not get their political beliefs from real events but rather whats cool ,hip,or trendy…Saddest part is the little boy will spend his young life suffering other kinds of “Second hand stupidity” at the hand of his mom!…Now theres child abuse!

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judyaz
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 10:32pm
I do not know what Constitutional laws she has in France, but when she named the child she had a right. Or wouldn’t the agency receiving the birth certificate have done something then, or the court not allowed the name? The statue of Liberty came from the French. I would hope they can have free speech, and this this is not a sign of a more oppressive New World Order of socialism/Marxism. It is so like American teachers reporting and sending a child for counseling, after intimidating him or her, for a toy bubble gun left at home, but mentioned to a friend on the bus, or a piece of paper intended to be a mountain, but shaped like — well, let’s learn the geometrical name and stop calling it a gun. Jihad, well, many names have been poorly chosen for boys. “Sue,” “Amy,” “Butch,” “Steve,” ‘Dick,” “John,” and a whole lot worse I wouldn’t know and couldn’t repeat. Unfortunate, but surely not illegal after five years? Where is the statute? As some are making up misinterpretations of the Constitution for their own convenience, as well as state and local laws, this sounds like such a socialist, stateless gesture, a new world order. Sure, his big brother was having fun at his expense. But it shouldn’t be jail time. What law did they break? Where is the law that you can’t name your baby certain words?

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- Palter
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 6:12am
  She’s on trial because of the “gloryfing crime” t-shirt, you moron! Not because naming of the child! Try learn reading comprehension.
  
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- The Giver
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:20am
  Of course she has a right to speak and name her son. I think the problem was having the Tshirt that said … I AM THE BOMB. But even that should not put someone in jail. If glorifying crime got jail time all the time, Hollywood would be in big trouble or France’s equivalent of Hollywood. Living in a silly world right now. I’d rather people be open about their feelings than lie in order to avoid repercussions.
  
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- Iwillvetalways
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 12:03pm
  Judy: You seem to be the only one that gets it. I disagree with everything this women did but I will fight for her right to say it, Does that sound familia PALTER who missed the point entirly.. you putz.
  France the home of liberty has turned completely around. I read some of the comments below and I find it amazing that on a conservative blog so many of you can not see the tyranny of this action that France has taken. I suggest some of you bone up on the history of this great country.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 5:19pm
  5 years in jail? thats ridiculous! why not just a small fine… this shouldn’t be illegal at all!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 5:36pm
  Keatonc333
  
  Don’t you understand that France is a controlled by socialism?
  
  This is what it looks like. You’ll learn as you get older.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 5:52pm
  KEATONC333, LOL, your naive answer reminds me of so many of the “Ugly Americans” that I ran across in Europe, and many in Paris. If you can fathom this at your young and tender age, the French live within their laws, not the American Constitution.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 5:57pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Young Keaty doesn’t realize that this is what it will look like here without the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It’s sad that the youth today have been so brainwashed by the progressives that want to get rid of both.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 6:29pm
  Hi MONK, right you are!
  
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- davisgarvey
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:40pm
  “France the home of Liberty?” You’ve got to be kidding! Try recalling a little event known as the French revolution! It involved a reign of terror that ended up with any one who dissented completely losing their heads!!!!
  
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Patriot Z
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 10:20pm
so lets see…..she names her son jihad, because he was born of 9/11. and puts him in a shirt saying “i am the bomb” and she claims she didnt think about terrorism. I hope she is lying and supports terrorism as if she is this stupid and reproducing, she is far more dangerous to humanity as a whole then a stupid mussie ever could dream

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welovetheUSA
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 10:06pm
What an awful thing to do to a child……..not every woman should have children.

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- Vincero
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:46am
  Too many women are having children who shouldn’t. We have a big problem with it here in NH. And I’m not talking about “minorities”, either – lest I be branded a racist. It’s a big redneck problem, too!
  
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dadsrootbeer
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:22pm
Case in point that not everyone should have children.

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USA5
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:22pm
I Am pleasantly surprised France would defend USA…I can go back to loving French Fries.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 5:20pm
  HAHA Good… because I think they stopped making “freedom” fries in 2004
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 5:55pm
  USA5, I just call them what they really are, “Pommes Frites.” But if you go to Belgium, they are simply called “Frites,”
  
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dadsrootbeer
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:20pm
Just more proof the French still suc and always will

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- Patriot Z
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 10:22pm
  you mean they ‘le suc’
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:19pm
The kid sounds like he is going to have a “bright” future after mom and uncle get done fitting him for a “vest”. A big flash of light and 72 “virgins”.

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- stumpy68
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:38am
  @ OlefromMN
  “and 72 “virgins”.”
  to bad they’re most likely un-bred sheep
  
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AnnieGG
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:07pm
She fully intends everything. You do not name a child J i h a d for no reason.

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- marine249
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:58pm
  you do if you have your head up your behind.
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 10:47pm
  Hear about the woman who was named Bagina? ….Seriously.
  She said her mother was in the hospital , lying on a gurney –being wheeled to the delivery room
  and heard the most beautiful name. So, she named her baby girl Bagina.
  
  >Perhaps she liked the sound of “jihad”; (not).
  
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- msjoe43
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 7:18pm
  She did. To be hip, cool and trendy? Or, She wasn’t thinking straight due to the epidural for pain relief during labor made her loopy to name her kid J I H A D.
  
  Mom, what is the meaning of my name? Son, you name means struggle or effort.
  
  The literal meaning of Jihad is struggle or effort, and it means much more than holy war.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:59pm
We can only hope there is reasonable doubt concerning this issue and that the parent would not wave the red flag in front of the bull, hopefully the boy will change his name at the first opportunity? If you want your kid to ignore you the rest of your life, make sure you name them something really wierd?

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Advection
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:56pm
Send her to Pakistan or Egypt or Saudi Arabia or Iran or Syria or Libya or …

That’ll give her something to “think” about.

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OlefromMN
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:55pm
“Bargour’s brother gave the shirt to the boy,”

Can we identify the brother? A little reporting here would be helpful!

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barber2
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:36pm
Ok, judge: what do you do with a woman who names her son ” Jihad” when he is born on September 11 and has an uncle who designed and gave him that tee shirt ? And, dear God, what will society do in the future with a boy who has been raised by such role models ?

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Tankertony
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:14pm
Can we still burn at the stake?

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Excomunicatedmarine
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:08pm
Something stranger than her naming him, etc. France has been really easy on the *******, are they going after her because she is not a threat for retaliation…….if a full “on under the burka” did this ? Don’t get me wrong, kid doesn’t have a chance, but why after her and not so many other things that go one there ?

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circleDwagons
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:55pm
Further proof that France stinks and does not have a sense of humor.
5 years in prison for a shirt? Most babies i know are bombs… stink bombs

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- Reclaiming Our Nation
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:12pm
  Not all France stinks, there is a group that is fighting back:
  http://reclaimingournation.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-declaration-of-war-from-generation-of.html
  
  We should do the same here.
  
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DLV
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:47pm
Good about time France grows some balls and stops waving the white flag every chance they get. Honestly, it’s like after Napoleon died they liked getting whipped around.

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OlefromMN
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:47pm
Bet she wishes she had a Bill of Rights to protect her ability to be an idiot.

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- barber2
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:14pm
  Yes. She should be in America where, as John Kerry proudly stated, one has the right to ” be stupid !” ( pssst: but the police, should not act ” stupidly ” – according to Barack Obama )
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 8:35pm
  That “nasty” 1st Amendment may irritate at times, but it is there for a reason. I would have no time for this woman as an American, in fact I most likely would exercise my rights (as memorialized in the 1st Amendment) to tell her exactly what I felt about her boneheaded decision, but I also would defend her right to be an idiot. Idiots keep the rest of us entertained.
  
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- USA5
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:19pm
  Are you kidding, you haven’t read the reports of 5-7 year olds suspended from school for talking about toy guns. One was a bubble gun. In US this kid and parents would probably given a Free Pass
  not to offend a muslim
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:29pm
  @USA5
  
  I am talking about a fictitious situation as this gal is not protected by our Constitution. If she were, however, I would defend her right while calling her a bat guano crazy “female dog”. We need to be consistent in thought if we are to defend the Constitution.
  
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STREBOR
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:42pm
Would that be “Uncle Daddy?”

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STREBOR
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:41pm
Emulating Hollyweird; nothing to see here folks back to the bus now. Please don’t feed the trolls.

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Jake Dog2
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:39pm
Why did the article not state what her religion is.?

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- CatB
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:51pm
  Pretty much can figure that out .. it doesn’t SAY Christian …
  
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- STREBOR
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:51pm
  From where I sit; she has a Methodist look about her!
  
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Walkabout
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:38pm
So is Bouchra Bagour integrating into the cosmopolitan socialist society that all the freaking mind dead liberals say we should imitate?

Not only is she not integrating but she is intent on wiping out anyone that is not like her that existed in France before she got there.

Yet Libs want more immigration from these societies.

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Nanner-SW
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:37pm
(first reaction) I feel sorry for the child. No freedom of speech in France, it seems.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:50pm
  Is this freedom of expression or seeing how clever you can be in communicating a threat?
  
  If a boy was named Crusader & was from a group of people that was known to car bomb Jews & Muslims, would Jews & Muslims feel safe?
  
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- Nanner-SW
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:14pm
  I don’t want this figurative Crusader’s mom put in prison for being stupid or this Jihad or any other future figurative people named Confederate, Tea, Panther, Union, Nuke, and the like when she did not physically hurt or take from anyone. I’m strong on terrorists, skin them and hang them up as a warning to others, but I’m also strong, if not stronger, on freedom of speech. Regardless of world politics, only emotions were hurt in this case, not people. But please if you feel I’m wrong, let me know so I can get stronger.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:30pm
  I have been around non-native speakers of English my whole life. You are one. If I had to guess you are from North Africa.
  
  It is one thing to have free speech. It is another to bring to your bosom someone, who is just waiting for the opportunity to do you in. Bouchra’s whole family seem to be those type of people. It is not about xenophobia. Bouchra looks much more European than my spouse.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 7:37pm
You want to throw a mother in jail for a t-shirt the kid was wearing at “nursery school”? We must assume that none of the kids there know how to read? Oh, she’s pretty, lets throw her in prison, she gave us an excuse?

Holy infidel? She named him what? Um, if this is nursery school, what is she going to give him when he can actually walk and talk? Where do you find these people? Bad guys recruit people like this by giving them free drugs, then they act stupid and get caught?

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