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First students expelled over French law
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-20 20:55
Two Muslim girls who refused to remove their head scarves in class have been expelled from their schools, and two more risked the same fate Wednesday as officials began taking action against those who defy a new French law banning conspicuous religious symbols from public schools. [size=-1]
An unidentified Sikh, wearing a head piece instead of a turban, enters his high school in Drancy, outside Paris, early Wednesday Oct. 20, 2004. Some Sikh schoolchildren risk expulsion from their school for wearing their turban. Two Muslim girls who refused to remove their head scarves have been expelled Tuesday in Mulhouse, eastern France, as officials begin taking action against those who defy the new law banning conspicuous religious symbols from public schools. Sign reads: Eugene Delacroix highschool. [AP][/size]
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-20 20:55
Two Muslim girls who refused to remove their head scarves in class have been expelled from their schools, and two more risked the same fate Wednesday as officials began taking action against those who defy a new French law banning conspicuous religious symbols from public schools. [size=-1]
