My ethnographic research in French schools, where secularism debates are particularly heated, suggests that the abaya ban and the earlier “headscarf law” aren’t really about defending laïcité.

T wo years after the immensely traumatic murder of middle school history teacher Samuel Paty on October 16, 2020, the question of secularism in schools, a cardinal principle of living together in ...

The French government has issued a new 80-page guide on how to ensure the treasured principle of securalism (laicité) is respected in schools in France. From long skirts and sex education here ...

An 18-year-old student assaulted a teacher after being asked to remove her headscarf at a high school Tourcoing, in the latest incident involving France's ban on hijab. View on euronews ...

According to secularism specialists, no new law is actually needed to ban abayas in schools. The 2004 law was drafted in response to the appearance of new religious symbols.

For the past several years, the group Coexister has been going into secular French schools to break down religious stereotypes in the classroom. Since January's attacks on satirical magazine ...

Since 1989, the appearance of the hijab (Muslim headscarf) in French public schools has opened the most impassioned debate over the role of laïcité (secularism) in French society since the ...

“No more playtime,” said the French presidential candidate Marine le Pen in a speech in December, as she called for an end to free education for the children of undocumented immigrants. “I ...