France defends ban on wearing religious symbols in schools
France on Thursday defended the ban on wearing religious symbols in schools and a proposed move to stop women from wearing of Burqa saying it is to prevent disruption of the secular nature of the country which was too small compared to India which has over a billion people.
France sounds on track, as Charles Bremner reports for a full-scale ban on the burka, but can it go a step further in the religious tension stakes and actually ban a Church?