• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    I don’t claim to really understand what the purpose of state atheist policies is, perhaps someone can ELI5 It me, but at least It seems fair honestly, as:

    The school is part of the GO! network, which has a general ban on wearing religious symbols.

    If it was a ban explicitly on Muslim headscarves it’d be discriminatory. Another question is whether this will be enforced in equal measure on a white kid wearing a cross though…

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      3 months ago

      If it was a ban explicitly on Muslim headscarves it’d be discriminatory.

      It’s a bit trickier than that. In France schools are secular by law. In principal this is great. In practice chistians never had an issue wearing their cross neckless, even in a visible manner. Muslim girls from conservative families on the other hand can be forced to quit school at a young age, since they are not allowed to wear a scarf there.