TY  - GEN
AB  - France's recent decision to ban the wearing of traditional Muslim headscarves (hijab) in public schools--a law widely perceived by Muslims to be an undemocratic expression. Wide Angle explores this conflict in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys. Also featured is the local high school principal, Ghislaine Hudson, a member of the commission charged with reviewing the use of religious symbols. After the program, Professor Fawaz Gerges also discusses secularism in France. Unemployment and the economic plight of the French Muslim minority and lack of social integration is also discussed.
AU  - Hughes, Kathleen.
AU  - Fink, Micah.
AU  - Husain, Mishal,
AU  - Gerges, Fawaz A.,
AU  - Sanders, Jay O.,
CN  - DC34.5.M87
CN  - DC34.5.M87
CY  - Princeton, N.J. :
DA  - c2006.
ID  - 347842
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Hijab (Islamic clothing)
KW  - Religion and state
KW  - Freedom of religion
KW  - Islam
KW  - Islam and state
KW  - Secularism
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Laicism
KW  - Terrorism
LA  - engfre
LA  - English and French with English subtitles; closed-captioned.
N2  - France's recent decision to ban the wearing of traditional Muslim headscarves (hijab) in public schools--a law widely perceived by Muslims to be an undemocratic expression. Wide Angle explores this conflict in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys. Also featured is the local high school principal, Ghislaine Hudson, a member of the commission charged with reviewing the use of religious symbols. After the program, Professor Fawaz Gerges also discusses secularism in France. Unemployment and the economic plight of the French Muslim minority and lack of social integration is also discussed.
PB  - Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
PP  - Princeton, N.J. :
PY  - c2006.
T1  - Young, Muslim, and French
TI  - Young, Muslim, and French
ER  -