Abstract

FERHAT, Ismail. From Catholic schools to muslim veil: debates and mutations of secularism in French education system, 1984-2004. Hist. Caribe [online]. 2017, vol.12, n.30, pp.245-266. ISSN 0122-8803.  https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.30.2016.9.

Laïcité" (or militant secularism) is a historical part of the French education system. This country has nevertheless experienced some recent and rapid changes on this issue. In 1984, it was still linked to the traditional conflict between a part of Republicans and Catholic schools. In 2004, it was focused on banning the Muslim veil in public schools. The article aims at presenting the intellectual and ideological controversies which have been fuelled by this mutation.

Keywords : secularism; France; islam; catholicism; school; republic.

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