The Banning Of Hijab in France Issue
(This section is constantly being updated)
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Hijab in France: Views & Actions (Special to IslamOnline)
French School Expels Muslim Teacher For Wearing Islamic Headscarf (March 24 - IndoLink- NRI News)
Recent Laws are Wrong Way to Integrate European Muslims (March 11 - Alaa Bayoumi, Media Monitors)
How France, Germany and Belgium hav eundermined their own constitutions and violated human right sprinciples and laws in their proposed hijab bans.
(March 8 - IHRC)The Railroad Starts in Paris (Feb 19 - Samah Jabr)
French focus on head-covering is wrong-headed (Feb 13 - Toronto Star)
Why are the French banning headscarves?' (Feb 12 - Rediff)
French MPs Vote to Ban Islamic School Scarves (Feb 10 - Scotsman)
Should Islamic headscarves be banned in schools? (Feb 10 - Reader comments on BBC website)
Guarding secularism, religiously, in France (Feb 8 - NYT via IHT)
For Many Muslim Women, Head Scarves A Matter of Personal, Not Political, Conviction (Feb 6 - Radio Free Europe)
Europe faces up to Islam and the veil (Feb 4 - Guardian)
French premier urges approval of scarf ban (Feb 4 - IHT)
Heady Concerns: France goes where law should not (Feb 3 -
French secularism vs. turbans, other symbols of faith (Feb 1 - CSM)
France steps closer to Muslim headscarf ban (Jan 30 - AP via Guardian)
French cabinet okays law banning headscarf (Jan 29 - AFP via Times of India)
Hijab ban closer as French cabinet firms up law (Jan 29 - Financial Times)
Hijab Is No Threat To Secularism: Dutch Official (Jan 28 - IslamOnline)
Muslims outside France are the most upset with ban on religious symbols (Daily Star)
Muslims in Malta rally against hijab ban (Jan 25 - Maltamedia Daily News, Malta)
Montreal Muslims Protest French Hijab Ban (Jan 18 - MMN)
Global protest held against headscarf ban (Jan 18 - CBC)
Angry women protest hijab ban (Jan 18 - Toronto Star)
Veiled Intentions , Alienating the Muslims (January IBN)
SYDNEY Muslims join protests against French headscarf ban (Jan 18 - ABC)
Muslims protest at move to ban 'hijab' (Jan 18 - Gulf Daily News)
Muslims Protest Head-Scarf Ban in France (Jan 17 - Guardian)
World Protests Against French Hijab Ban (Jan 17 - IslamOnline)
Why Canada doesn't ban headscarves (Jan 12 - John Robson, Montreal Gazette)
Sikhs join French hijab protests (Jan 9 - Agencies via Al Jazeera)
German Catholics: Muslim Scarf Political (Jan 7 - AP)
Headscarf Debate Divides the Nation (Jan 7 - Deutsche Welle)
Muslim Women, Exercising Modesty (Jan 6 - Washington Post)
French Muslims lash out at planned headscarf ban (Jan 5 - Reuters)
Scarf choice is not a big deal (Jan 4 - Karen Pine, Lansing State Journal)
CIC URGES FRENCH GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND CONDEMNS AL-AZHAR LEADER'S SUPPORT (Jan 2 - CIC)
Banning hijab: the new colonialism (Jan 1 - Sheema Khan, Globe and Mail)
Hijab, Moderation Top European Fatwa Council Meeting (Jan 1 - IslamOnline)
Forget fashion, this is freedom (Dec 31 - London Telegrpah)
Muslims protest plan to ban hijabs French plan spurs demonstration at S.F. consulate (Dec 31 - San Francisco Chronicle)
U.S. Muslims to Protest French Hijab Ban (Dec 30 - CAIR via PRNewswire)
Racist French mayor defends Muslim veil ban (Dec 29 - Reuters)
Hijab in France : Views & Actions (From IslamOnline)
French Woman Denied Access To Bank For Wearing Hijab (Dec 27 - IslamOnline)
'Boycott French products' plea (Dec 27 - Gulf Daily News)
Bahrainis protest French scarves ban (Dec 25- Gulf Daily News)
Anglican church leader attacks France over Muslim headscarf ban (Dec 25 - AFP)
Are the French Wrong to Ban the Headscarf? (Dec 25 - Independent via Arab News)
Israeli Muslims protest French head scarf ban (Dec 24 - Ha'aretz)
Mullah Chirac or Chiracov? (Dec 24 - Abid Ullah Jan)
Student group turned away after trying to see consul-general about Chirac's proposed anti Hijab law (Dec 23 - Montreal Gazette)
Muslim Students Flock to Austria Where Headscarves Are No Problem (Deutsche Presse Agentur via Arab News - Dec 22)
CANADIAN STUDENTS “CONCERNED AND DISMAYED” OVER HIJAB BAN IN FRENCH SCHOOLS (UMSA - Dec 22)
Islamic Headscarf Issue Stirs Dissention, Debate (CNS - Dec 22)
Thousands Of French Women Protest Hijab Ban (IslamOnline - Dec 22)
Muslim Women March Against Scarf Ban (AP- Dec 21)
Thousands Protest in Paris Against Muslim Veil Ban (Reuters - Dec 21)
Chirac wrong on head scarves (Montreal Gazette - Dec 20)
Hijab Obligatory, Not Symbol: Scholars (IslamOnline - Dec 20)
France's Hijab Ban Draws World Criticism (IslamOnline - Dec 20)
Religious Symbols in France (New York Times Editorial) (Dec 20)
Bush not in support of ban on symbols (NYT via Star- Telegram - Dec 19)
Unveiled criticism: Muslim pupils in France hit out at plan to ban headscarves (BBC - Dec 19)
Chirac's anti Hijab decision will only alienate Muslims further (MMN - Dec 18)
Ignoring warnings, Chirac backs ban on Islamic headscarf (Channel News Asia - Dec 18)
Chirac backs ban on headscarves (BBC - Dec 17)
President's risky move (BBC- Dec 17)
Chirac Orders Law Banning Head Scarves (Guardian / AP - Dec 17)
French Muslims Affronted By Stasi Report (IslamOnline - Dec 17)
Islamophobia Escalates In France (IslamOnline - Dec 17)
Chirac backs hijab ban (AlJazeera - Dec 17)
France's Churches Urge Chirac To Support Hijab (IslamOnline - Dec 9)
France's unholy fuss (Toronto Star - Dec 15 )
FRENCH HIJAB BAN DISCRIMINATORY AND RACIST (UMSA and MCM Press Statement - Dec 19)
Chirac backs 'a pillar' of France: Religious-symbol ban in schools is sought (NYT via IHT- Dec 18)
Secularism gone mad (Guardian - Dec 18)
Stasi report outrages France's Muslims (AFP via Al Jazeera - Dec 13)
French panel calls for ban on Muslim veils in schools (NYT via Toronto Star - Dec 12)
Muslims
threatening France's core values, says head of presidential panel
(AP - Dec 12)
French Female Muslims Reject ‘Unfair’ Hijab Ban (IslamOnline - Dec 12)
Head scarves could be banned in French schools (CBC - Dec 11)
Letter Campaign Against France's Anti-Hijab Drive (IslamOnline - Dec 3)
France's Catholic Church Against Anti-Hijab Law (IslamOnline - Nov 11)
French schoolgirl expelled for headscarf in France (AFP - Nov 27)
Hijabs a common sight at public schools (Montreal Gazette - Sept 24, 2003)
