• hh93@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The same rules are in place for the kippah or wearing crosses afaik - so your point is invalid

    • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The rules are NOT enforced equally. Anyone in French schools will tell you this.

      It’s a law intended to be enforced mainly against one group, which is why it’s so controversial within France. (This is not new, it’s been a complaint ever since the law was voted on in 2004, when the original regulation explicitly said small crosses could be exempt but no exception made for other religions.) It’s only gotten worse since French police fined people for not wearing masks during Covid and then fined Muslim women for covering their faces with masks.)

      It’s like having a law against sleeping on park benches or under bridges and pretending that the law isn’t meant to discriminate against the poor.