Algerian Muslim woman denied citizenship over handshake

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France's highest administrative court has upheld a decision to deny a French passport to an Algerian Muslim who refused to shake hands with officials during her citizenship ceremony, according to a ruling. The woman argued that her "religious beliefs" prevented her from shaking hands with a senior official presiding over the citizenship ceremony in June 2016.

The government said her behaviour showed she was "not assimilated into the French community" - one of the reasons it can invoke under the civil code to oppose citizenship for the spouse of a French national.

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