Schoolgirls march against curb on Islamic scarves
Pupils from Saint Exupery school in Mantes-la-Jolie, Paris, protesting yesterday against a memorandum from the French education minister which asked schools to stop girls wearing the Muslim hejab in class. About 300 people marched in support of 24 Islamic students.
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