French citizenship denied over religion
France rejects Muslim woman over radical practice of Islam· Expert says Moroccan lives 'almost as a recluse'
· Case reopens debate about freedom of religion
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
The Guardian, Saturday July 12, 2008
A woman wearing a burqa. France has denied citizenship to a Moroccan woman who wears a burqa on the grounds of 'insufficient assimilation'. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images
France has denied citizenship to a Moroccan woman who wears a burqa on the grounds that her "radical" practice of Islam is incompatible with basic French values such as equality of the sexes.
The case yesterday reopened the debate about Islam in France, and how the secular republic reconciles itself with the freedom of religion guaranteed by the French constitution.
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· Case reopens debate about freedom of religion
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
The Guardian, Saturday July 12, 2008
A woman wearing a burqa. France has denied citizenship to a Moroccan woman who wears a burqa on the grounds of 'insufficient assimilation'. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images
France has denied citizenship to a Moroccan woman who wears a burqa on the grounds that her "radical" practice of Islam is incompatible with basic French values such as equality of the sexes.
The case yesterday reopened the debate about Islam in France, and how the secular republic reconciles itself with the freedom of religion guaranteed by the French constitution.
--MORE--