Politics of the Veil
In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France''s values of secular liberalism and regard the headscarf as symbolic of Islam''s resistance to modernity. The Politics of the Veil is an e...
In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France''s values of secular liberalism and regard the headscarf as symbolic of Islam''s resistance to modernity. The Politics of the Veil is an e...
