In Strasbourg, pork soup was banned this month after officials deemed it could disrupt public order.
"Schemes with racial subtexts must be denounced," said a statement by Strasbourg Mayor Fabienne Keller.
More than a dozen police surrounded volunteers at a recent soup distribution at Paris' Montparnasse train station. Once police determined there was pork in the broth, they ordered the 10-gallon container sealed because the group had no permit.
There has been no outright ban on pork soup giveaways in Paris, but police have been using the permit issue as a way to shut down the kitchens and avert racial tensions.
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This is the third winter "identity soup" is being offered in Paris. But its spread to Nice, Strasbourg and Nantes as well as Belgium is raising eyebrows.
A leading anti-racism group has urged Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy to ban pork soup giveaways throughout France.
Homeless people are being fed and people are complaining about it? If you are that concerned about the starving homeless that would refuse to eat pork, start your own trough that serves latkes or tabouli. Ever heard of al-darurat tubih al-mahzurat? It's not as if starving Muslims can't participate in the pork-drive.
