French Ban on Head Scarves Gets 1st Test
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School doors open for 12 million French children Thursday, but there is far more at stake this year than back-to-school jitters.
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A ban on religious symbols in French state schools starts on Thursday, despite Iraqi hostage takers' demands.
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A French court will rule on whether a new law bans three Sikh boys from wearing the under-turban to school.
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Two Muslim girls who refused to remove their head scarves in class have been expelled from their schools, and two more risked the same fate Wednesday as officials began taking action against those who defy a new French law banning conspicuous religious symbols from public schools.
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For some French Muslims, two worlds collided as the ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in public schools took effect.
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Franceâs new law banning Islamic headscarves in schools - a bold effort to rein in Muslim fundamentalism â-pparently passed its first test today, the start of the school year.
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The world's first ban on overly thin  models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage  among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions  at other venues.
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Turkeyâs parliament took a major step toward lifting a ban against womenâs head scarves in universities, setting the stage for a final showdown with the secular elite.
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For some French Muslims, two worlds collided as the ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in public schools took effect. Many described Thursday as crunch day, when they were forced to question the meaning of being Muslim in a Roman Catholic country where life since Sept. 11, 2001, has become more tense and divisive.
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A move to lift a ban on young women students wearing headscarves at universities has renewed the battle between secularists and the government
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30 August 2004 -- Paris said today that it will not repeal a ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves in public schools, despite the demands of hostage-takers in Iraq holding two French journalists.
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French are divided over the nationwide ban on smoking in public places that goes into effect on Thursday
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France will maintain its ban on Muslim scarves and other signs of religious belief in state schools, ignoring demands by the Iraqi kidnappers of two French reporters, government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope said.
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Three more Muslim girls have been expelled from schools in France for defying the new ban on headscarves. They join two girls expelled on Tuesday - one of whom told a French newspaper it had destroyed her life.
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The lifting of a ban on Islamic head scarves at universities faced fierce opposition from the secular establishment.
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A French law banning Islamic headscarves in schools came into force today as France intensified its diplomatic efforts to free two hostages held in Iraq by militants demanding the withdrawal of the new legislation.