Given France’s secularism and its rules, why would Muslim women try to circumvent them? It isn’t only Muslims who are subject to them. Christians and Jews are also affected, yet the whole focus has become about Muslims. An abaya a full length outer garment warn by Muslim women; it clearly shows religious affiliation, so wearing […]
France: Muslim parents told, “It’s pork or nothing”
The mayor said “it’s pork or nothing” on the grounds that France is a secular republic that does not give religion a place in state institutions. Now this will be even more severely challenged than it has been in recent years. The challenge will proceed on the basis that this mayor is being hateful and […]