French laïcité laws backfiring...

[Machjo]

Interesting video here:

Since the French government made the wearing of the hijab illegal in its public school system, more French Muslims are now sending their children to private Muslim, secular, and even Catholic schools, with both secular and Catholic schools being accepting of the hijab (after all, nuns wear it too, and French Catholics have already experienced a similar issue over wearing the cross in public school before, which would explain the identification with Muslims on their part here).

The primary objective of this policy was to assimilate Muslims. Instead, not only has it pushed Muslims into the private school system, but I'm sure owing to economies of scale with more Muslims frequenting Muslim, private and other religious schools, that it will make private education more affordable for others of religious persuasion too, be they Muslim or otherwise, thus pushing more people of religion,regardless of religion, into the private system, risking more disintegration than before all these silly laws were passed. Honestly, what's the problem with a Christian student wearing a chain with a cross around his neck in public view if he wants that, or a Muslima wearing a scarf, etc. Clearly if these laws are now pushing them all into the private system, it's only going to cause more segregation and ghettoization, and possibly even bring French people of different religious persuasions together against excessive secularism in France. How ironic it would be to have Catholics and Muslims together stading up for their religious rights shoulder to shoulder.

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Edited September 6, 2010 by Machjo