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Why the French don't like headscarves

Islam, the State, and public space

by John Richard Bowen

2007 290 pages eng

"The French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious freedom, and because it was hailed by many in France as an answer to a surprisingly wide range of social …

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