France firm over headscarf ban
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A law banning headscarves in schools will stand, despite demands by a group holding two journalists in Iraq.
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The German state of Bavaria is the latest federal states to ban Muslim school teachers from wearing headscarves.
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The kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq has injected new tension into France's debate over banning Islamic headscarves in schools just as Paris was hoping for a smooth start to the school year this week.
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French government refuses to yield to Iraqi kidnappers of two French reporters on law banning headscarves. By Hugh Schofield - PARIS.
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French government officials called for the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq by a group demanding that France rescind a ban on Islamic headscarves in the nation&#39;s schools, Agence
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France has vowed not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law that bans the Islamic headscarf in state schools.
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A day after a militant Islamic group holding two French journalists in Iraq demanded that France revoke a law banning Muslim head scarves in public schools, the French government vowed on Sunday not to ...
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France's bold effort to reign in Muslim fundamentalism was put to the test Thursday, with a new law that bans students from wearing Islamic head scarves taking force with the start of the school year.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 29  - For the first time since the kidnappings of foreigners started in Iraq in April, hostage takers have set conditions external to the country by demanding that France lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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France on Monday proceeded with plans to implement its controversial ban on Islamic headscarves at the start of the school term later this week, ignoring the blackmail attempt by militants holding two journalists in Iraq.
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The kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq has injected new tension into France&#39;s debate over banning Islamic headscarves in schools just as Paris was hoping for a smooth start to the school year this week.
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The kidnapping of two French journalists  in Iraq has injected new tension into France's debate over  banning Islamic headscarves in schools just as Paris was hoping  for a smooth start to the school year this week.
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President Jacques Chirac will not repeal a law banning Muslim head scarves in state schools despite the death threat hanging over two French reporters being held hostages in Iraq, the government spokesman said.
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SAINT-OUEN, France Sept. 3, 2004 - For some French Muslims, two worlds collided as the ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in public schools took effect.
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PARIS: France&#39;s state schools grappling with a new law banning Muslim headscarves have started expelling students refusing to put education before their religion.
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France vowed Monday to press ahead with a controversial law banning Islamic head scarves in schools, despite demands by militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris revoke the ...
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As Paris lobbied the Arab world in a desperate bid to save two reporters kidnapped in Iraq to demand the lifting of a controversial headscarf ban in France, French Muslim leaders in Baghdad to mediate for their ...