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Re:State of emergency declared across France after Paris sho... by solidsnack9000 on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:01PM (#10563733)
On the face of it, there isn't any language targeting a particular religion or its symbols.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_law_on_secularity_and_c...

The French do have a fairly rigorous approach to separation of church and state. Where do they cross the line into something blatantly discriminatory?

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Re:State of emergency declared across France after Paris sho... by dragonwriter on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:07PM (#10563768)
> On the face of it,

On the face of it, sure; OTOH, the specific targeting of traditional attire of certain Muslims was overt among the promoters of both the ban you link to and the broader ban on face covering in public spaces.

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