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French lawmakers banned from wearing religious symbols in parliament
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrench lawmakers have been banned from wearing religious symbols in parliament, under a proposal submitted by a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party.
The National Assembly’s administrative office is adopting the proposal of En Marche’s François de Rugy, which states that, in an effort to “maintain an atmosphere of neutrality,” the parliament does not permit the wearing of “ostensible” religious symbols.
Also forbidden are any kind of uniform, logos, commercial messages, or political slogans.
In 2004, parliament passed a law forbidding the wearing of religious symbols in public schools. It is only partially enforced, with many pupils wearing Muslim head coverings and kippahs.
— JTA
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