[HIGHLIGHTS] France: “The Maurice-Ravel high school affair illustrates the difficulties of applying the law on religious symbols at school”

Alain Policar is an associate researcher at the Sciences Po Political Research Center. He is a member of the Council of Elders of Secularism.

Policar: "The Maurice-Ravel high school affair illustrates the difficulties of applying the law on religious symbols at school" "It is extremely difficult to know what the precise meaning of the student's behavior is," he says. "The veil is no longer a sign of proselytism," says Policar, "and wearing the veil should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis"