http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/11/french-immigration-policy-history-repeated/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:46:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/11/french-immigration-policy-history-repeated/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Migration » Blog Archive » Part II: History of French immigration policy Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:33:20 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/11/french-immigration-policy-history-repeated/#comment-9 [...] While addressing the needs of the large Islamic population in France, the government launched a near simultaneous reexamination of the secular values of the Republic. The headscarf affair, discussed in our earlier posting on migration issues in France, tapped a new discussion on religious symbols in schools. A lengthy discussion on "laïcité" , the separation of church and state ensued, which resulted in a new law to prohibit all religious signifiers in schools. This naturally included the removal of Christian crosses and the wearing of the Muslim headscarf and other symbolic relics. [...] [...] While addressing the needs of the large Islamic population in France, the government launched a near simultaneous reexamination of the secular values of the Republic. The headscarf affair, discussed in our earlier posting on migration issues in France, tapped a new discussion on religious symbols in schools. A lengthy discussion on "laïcité" , the separation of church and state ensued, which resulted in a new law to prohibit all religious signifiers in schools. This naturally included the removal of Christian crosses and the wearing of the Muslim headscarf and other symbolic relics. [...]

]]> http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/11/french-immigration-policy-history-repeated/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Identity & Culture; Scholarship & Public Policy Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:42:56 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/11/french-immigration-policy-history-repeated/#comment-8 [...] See Sourcenotes: General, for Abdelal, et al Cathryn Cluver writes extensively on France’s politicization of identity and its hazards, posted on FPA’s Migration blog [...] [...] See Sourcenotes: General, for Abdelal, et al Cathryn Cluver writes extensively on France’s politicization of identity and its hazards, posted on FPA’s Migration blog [...]

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