What Do We Do with a Difference? France and the Debate over Headscarves in Schools

ABOUT FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface - Adam Strom......Page 10
Introduction - John R. Bowen......Page 14
Timeline......Page 17
Part One - Framing the Discussion......Page 22
Essay: Immigration and Integration in Europe......Page 24
France......Page 29
The First Veil Affair......Page 32
The Ban on Headscarves in Public Schools......Page 34
Secularism in France......Page 39
Secularity in the French Public Schools......Page 40
Mixed Origin: Religious Groups in Contemporary France......Page 43
The Beur Generation......Page 48
Implications for Education and Democracy: A Discussion......Page 53
Part Two - Primary Documents......Page 64
What Does It Mean to Be French?......Page 66
Integration and Exclusion......Page 70
The Veil and a New Muslim Identity......Page 74
A Brief History of the Veil in Islam......Page 78
Public Schools: Where New Citizens Are Made......Page 81
The Veil at School......Page 86
The Integration of Jews in Modern France......Page 89
Debating the Ban of the Veil in Public Schools......Page 94
France Bans the Veil in Public Schools......Page 98
Europeans Debating the Veil......Page 102
Glossary......Page 106