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Two decades ago, France introduced a law banning the hijab and other religious symbols in public schools. Today, with French athletes prohibited from wearing any religious items while competing at the summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, the issue is more divisive than ever.
It’s been 20 years since France introduced a law banning the hijab and other religious symbols in schools. But two decades later the issue is more divisive than ever. Last month, the French government said it plans to sue a student involved in a row with a school principal over the wearing of the Islamic […]
Paris won the bid to host this summer’s Olympics, in part, on a promise to rejuvenate one of the country’s most notorious suburbs: Seine-Saint-Denis. But not all residents are sure the transformation will work.