mordant wit

For those that were able to catch it, the BBC recently showed an interesting and relatively objective presentation of the implementation of the new ban on religious symbols within schools on Tuesday evening at 9pm (BBC2).

The ban on religious symbols within schools has caused much stir and particularly amongst the Muslim community who feel the new law has been created to target the already much victimised and discriminated against descendants of immigrants in France.

The law, which aims to preserve secularism within State run institutions, states that no religious symbols must be apparent which might lead to someone being associated with a certain belief system or religious inclination. Much has been said about the headscarf ban and so I will let you browse the innumerable sites dedicated to this theme, however I would like to address the broader issue touched on by the show, which is that of being a Muslim in France.