Reply #27: never heard of that one... and about scarfs [View All]

[tocqueville]

but there was a "charter policy" at one period yes, but I never heard of that as an electoral promise. Please show your source. BTW he granted the legalization of millions of illegal migrants...

About the religious symbols /

it's only a rule that applies ONLY to high schools DURING CLASS, because public schools are free from religion by definition. The rule after debate has been accepted by the majority of the BIG Muslim organizations in France. What I know of 6 young women out of millions of school pupils have chosen to leave public school and go to a private to keep their scarf on daytime.

The main opponents to the scarf are associations of Muslim women in France and they wanted a TOTAL ban. They didn't get it because frredom of religion in the private sphere in that case didn't interfere with the secular organization of society.