Young, Muslim And French
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France's recent decision to ban the wearing of traditional Muslim headscarves in public schools - a law widely perceived in the Muslim community as an undemocratic expression of "Islamophobia" - has increased ...
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NOT JUST IMMIGRATION: The birthrates in many Muslims communities in Europe are among the highest, particularly in Nordic nations.
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In a country that has long prided itself on homogeneity, it's becoming cool for youth to embrace the growing number of foreigners in their midst.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq trying to win the release of two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants said Thursday they had received proof the men were alive and well. The kidnappers have demanded that Paris rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves.
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The relations of French officialdom have been uneasy of late. First there was the matter of the headscarf, which has been followed by a row over whether or not to ban broadcasts by the Al-Manar (The Beacon
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The Muslim community in France has supported the government ban on headscarfs, but, asks Hugh Schofield in Paris, was that unity based on fear of a backlash?
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It was easier for 16-year-old Nadia Arabi to remove her Islamic head scarf Thursday than to defy a new law banning religious signs in the classroom, or to risk contempt for breaking a national chain of ...
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PARIS - French school authorities xpelled two Muslim girls and threatened to do the same to two more on Wednesday for refusing to remove their headscarves in class.
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France will start enrolling future Muslim  prayer leaders into secular universities next autumn to teach  them the law, civics and history they need to integrate,  Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview.
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Islamic Army in Iraq. Paris rejected its demands that France scrap a law banning girls from wearing. the fate of the two reporters after initial hopes of an early release were dashed.
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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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Dozens of Muslim girls have been disobeying the French government&#39;s recent ban on wearing headscarves in public schools since the school year began last week.
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France'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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French officials said Friday that an Islamic militant from the Paris area died in combat in Iraq this summer, the first case of a Frenchman confirmed to have joined the increasing number of young Europeans sent ...
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MULHOUSE, France, Oct 20  - Three more Muslim schoolgirls were expelled in France Wednesday for flouting a controversial law on the wearing of religious insignia in schools.
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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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MICHURINO, Russia  - Alexander, a 14-year-old Christian from the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, achieved two firsts this summer -- he saw the sea and formed a friendship with a Muslim boy from Chechnya.