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Originally posted by Rudey
You think France did it to ban religious symbols? Right. It allows Yarmulkes and it allows crosses unless they are extremely large. I don't remember ever seeing too many school kids in Paris wearing large wooden crosses around their necks. Also the Sikh population has been often allowed to skirt this rule by arguing it is culture, and not religion.
This rule in France was put in place because of a problem with the integration of a large number of Muslim Arab immigrants. And again, France and Germany have great ties to the region where those immigrants came from. In fact, there were several religious leaders in Iran, I believe, that said that since it is France's land they have every right to do that (why wouldn't they since Iran forces you to wear a headscarf no matter if you're Muslim or not).
-Rudey
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i was actually talking about Bavaria, not French. As I've noted, the legislation specifically targetted Muslim women's who her headscarve. As I've noted, that particular law may be against the European Constitution since it targeted a specific group of people because of their religion.
Another thing to consider, this is a political discussion forum. We can discuss any issues, although in final analysis it will do little, it does provide a forum where we can discuss issues and we think about it.
ETA: You two, please stop attacking each other.