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Originally posted by moe.ron
France's legislation bans all overt religious symbol in public schools, whereas the Bavarian law only bans headscarves worn by muslim woman.
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Here's what I said about France: 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).
Now Bavaria is just more overt about it in my opinion. Don't you think?
-Rudey