Muslim’s Scarf Sparks French Teachers Strike
<i> United Press International</i>
PONTOISE, France —
Teachers at the Louis-Lomiere school said today they will strike for 15 minutes each morning until a Muslim fellow faculty member agrees to leave her head scarf at home.
The walkouts, to begin Thursday, are directed at Marie-Christine Benmecherene, 35, who began wearing a head scarf to class in early October after three schoolgirls in Creil sparked a national debate on whether Islamic scarfs violate school policies of secularism.
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