Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate

October 31, 2019 By La rédaction de Mediapart

France is experiencing a 'venomous national debate' that is scrambling questions over the headscarf, Islam, immigration and radicalization.

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When a far-right French official disrupted a regional council meeting to demand that a Muslim woman accompanying a group of schoolchildren be ordered to remove her headscarf, “in the name of our secular principles,” her own child buried his head in her shoulder and cried, reports Associated Press.

Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate

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