Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Imposing secularism -- not much better than imposing religion

Bill Cork notes that more than 100 Muslim girls have defied the new law banning head scarves in French classrooms, and are currently negotiating with school officials trying to convince them to remove their head coverings.
What amazes me, however, is that according to several reports, there were only 1,000-1,250 girls wearing the head scarf to school in the first place. Could this really be, in a country with a Muslim population of 5 million?

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