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  • September 2008
    • French Muslims Find Freedom in Catholic Schools

      French Muslims Find Freedom in Catholic Schools

      (Newser) - France has Western Europe's largest Muslim population, but its strict separation of church and state means that Muslim girls are forbidden from wearing the headscarves in public schools. In response, many Muslims have turned to an unlikely solution: the nation's large network of Catholic schools. "There is respect for our religion here," said one student at a Marseille Catholic school, where 80% of the students are Muslim. More »

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      France   religion   Islam   Catholic Church   Catholicism   Muslim women   secularism   Islamic veil   Marseille

  • March 2008
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