France: The Headscarf Debate is Not about Headscarves

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France: The Headscarf Debate is Not about Headscarves
by Alain Destexhe
October 25, 2019 at 5:00 am

    The headscarf is, of course, just a symptom of a deeper problem: many perceive it as an invasion by an outside culture into the public sphere.

    This behavior seems to worry many French people, who see it as a direct attack on their culture and identity, and a desire to live separately from the rest of society and according to other values.

    Behind those claims, they see the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood or religious ideologies, whose ultimate goal seems to be to propagate these values and impose them on the rest of society.

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