FRANCE. Veiling Paris. 2004.Several demonstrations against the law that prohibits wearing the Islamic
veil in government sponsored schools and offices have taken place in Paris
in January and February 2004. The marches were organised by extremist Muslim
groups as well as by moderate Muslim and secular associations. Law against
the presence of religious signs in public places has become a controversial
issue in a country where Islam, with some 5 million adherents, is the second
religion.