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European Court of Human Rights upholds French full veil ban

The European Court of Human Rights has just upheld a ban by France on wearing the Muslim full-face veil - the niqab. A case was brought by a 24-year-old French woman, who argued that the ban on wearing the veil in public violated her freedom of religion and expression. The court ruled that the ban " was not expressly based on the religious connotation of the clothing in question but...

Publié le 02/07/2014 dans French Windows par A lire | Lire la suite...

Regulating religion in Europe: a French author to read

As the French (and Canadian) debate is still quite polarized by " laïcité " (laicity) and the challenge of public regulation of religion, let's have a wider look and remind (among others) the works of Jean-Paul Willaime (link to his page). A worldwide leading sociologist of religion, Director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Religious Studies...

Publié le 02/10/2013 dans French Windows par A lire | Lire la suite...

French ban on face-covering veils (Burqa): some explanations

In a very cruel, unfair and misleading editorial, the New York Times criticized the French will to ban the Burqa in the streets (one should say the Niqab: full radical muslim face-covering veil). This editorial was published on January 26, 2010. The title was: " The Taliban would applaud " (sic). Click to continue The New York Times 's point was: France is as intolerant as the...

Publié le 12/07/2010 dans French Windows par A lire | Lire la suite...

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