The French Headscarf Ban: Religious Freedom V. Secularism DUE TUESDAY 9/29

This is DUE on Tuesday! You will need to complete each part of the assignment in order to participate in a 2 DAY Writing WORKSHOP!!!!!!!!


ASSIGNMENT: WATCH BOTH VIDEOS!  YOU MUST TAKE NOTES AS YOU WATCH EACH VIDEO. BE SURE TO  LISTEN AND ACTIVELY WRITE. THIS MAY REQUIRE YOU TO WATCH EACH VIDEO TWICE. YOU WILL NEED YOUR NOTES TO PARTICIPATE IN A WRITING WORKSHOP ON TUESDAY. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKSHOP IF YOU DO NOT PREPARE AND HAVE CLEAR, ORGANIZED AND WELL-DEVELOPED NOTES.

Please PRINT AND READ (Actively read- take notes) the ARTICLE posted at the bottom of this page.

This is a very in-depth assignment. You will need to complete all the parts in order to participate in a two day workshop in class.

VIDEO 1: Young, Muslim and French

from Common Good Productions PRO 1 year ago NOT YET RATED

Some young French Muslims are now choosing to wear the veil, setting themselves on a collision course with a government that has banned the wearing of the veil in the public schools. How the French government wrestles with the discontents of its growing Muslim population may determine the future of the Republic.

Producer: Micah Fink
Broadcast on PBS, Wide Angle
Broadcast: August 2004

http://vimeo.com/67753543

VIDEO 2: Facing History and Ourselves

Secularity and Religious Identity: The French Headscarf Dilemma

John R. Bowen, Patrick Weil, Jacqueline Bhabha, Sir Keith Ajegbo, and Maleiha Malik explain the history of secularity (laïcité) in France, where it is the State's role to protect individual freedom of conscience and respect of all faiths by keeping religion out of the public sphere. This tradition underlies the banning of head scarves in public schools in 2004. The issue has not played out the same way in England, where there is a history of informal negotiation of the rights of minorities. The speakers were interviewed as part of the 2008 Facing History and Ourselves/Harvard Law School conference entitled "Hope, Critique, and Possibility: Universal Rights in Societies of Difference".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHsD5__5wuM

PRINT and  ACTIVELY READ THIS ARTICLE! Bring it with you to class for the workshop!

Hijab debate returns to France after student asked to remove her ‘thing’ 

By Rajia Aboulkeir | Al Arabiya News

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/10/01/Hijab-controversy-returns-in-France-after-student-asked-to-remove-her-thing-.html

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