Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2010
This article outlines the issue of religious veils in Europe and the supposed danger they pose to the society.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 24, 2004
A veiled French woman is running for a parliamentary seat that is now vacant after the death of an MP from the Union for Political Movement (UMP) and if matters went along well, she could be the first veiled woman in the history of the French National Assembly.
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
A number of Islamic organizations in France, including the Paris Grand Mosque, urged Muslim students and their families to abide by local laws and the secularism of French public schools. A statement issued by these organizations urged [female] students “to avoid all forms of clash.”
The French...
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2004
Today, a
harsh delusory media campaign would be mounted against France due to the law banning the donning
of explicit religious symbols. We might as well take France’s ’lead and put our house in order
by going after the countless issues we tend to shelf or place ’on hold’, leaving them...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The French Cabinet finally issued the decision to
ban the veil, regardless of the feelings of religious minorities, whether they are Muslims, Jews
or Sikhs. The problem that worries France, Europe and America is the failure to integrate
resident immigrants and the multiplicity of customs and...
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2000
The article relates the story of a first year preparatory school student, whose French school prevented her from entering the classroom because she was wearing a hijab. While the student’s father confirmed that what the school did clashes with the principle of personal freedom, the school insists...