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Original Articles

The veil and the visible

Pages 115-139 | Published online: 06 Jun 2009

Notes

  • 1994 . “The lycee Romain‐Rolland in the north Paris suburb of Goussainville” . T10 Gumbel .
  • 1994 . “Since Bayrou issued his advice last month, it has been followed by at least three lycees which have disciplined a total of about 35 schoolgirls, many of whom wore the chador without a problem last year” . 19 Sage .
  • 25 October 1994 . “Nine Moslem schoolgirls were expelled and 11 more were due to face the same fate ... The Faidherbe school implemented the directive on October 3, leaving 22 girls initially banned from classrooms because they insisted on wearing their headscarves” . In The Agence France Presse 25 October ,
  • 25 November 1994 . “Thirty‐one girls have been expelled from schools in four French cities for wearing Islamic headscarves in class” . In Reuters North American Wire 25 November , surmised
  • 25 November 1994 . “Six schoolgirls have been suspended at a high school in Mantes‐la‐Jolie, just outside Paris over their refusal ... to take off their Islamic headscarves in class” . In Deutsche Press‐Agentur 25 November , added that
  • 5 October 1994 . “Young French Moslem militants scuffled with police on Wednesday for the second day running as controversy swelled over a ban on the wearing of Islamic headscarves in secular state schools” . In Reuters World Service 5 October , reported
  • 5 October 1994 . “The Islamic Inter Organizations committee said Wednesday it would meet in one month to devise a strategy to oppose a French ban in schools on women's wearing of the traditional Muslim veil. ‘The committee will use all legal means to repeal the French Education Ministry Law’ that forbids the wearing or showing of any obvious religious signs, the committee said in a statement” . In UPI 5 October , reported
  • 25 January 1995 . “Four hundred Moslem fundamentalist women demonstrated Wednesday outside the French cultural centre in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, over France's ban on the wearing of Islamic headscarves. The women, all students, carried banners saying ‘the veil is a protection for women’ and ‘the veil will stay whatever happens'” . In Agence France Presse 25 January , reported
  • 1995 . “Intafada” . Chalmers
  • 1995 . “Muslims, despite their growing percentage of the population, have no political clout or representation. In France, home to 5 million Muslims, there are no Muslims in the National Assembly; only one has made it to the level of regional councilor, the next most powerful body” . 1 Neuffer .

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