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Replace religious holidays with secular ones, suggests French mayor

Critics have called the idea ‘scandalous’

‘The main reason to live in France’: Your views on French secularism

Most readers agree with the principle - although with caveats

Far-right cause cancellation of US organist’s concert in France

Protesters from the religious nationalist group Civitas claimed the concert in Brittany was ‘intolerably profane’

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Do you agree? France’s belief in laïcité (secularism) works

Does religious freedom, as long as you keep your beliefs to yourself, create a harmonious society?

French court orders removal of Virgin Mary statue as it is religious

The Bordeaux appeal court ruled the statue must be removed from a public street as it infringes upon France’s strict laws on secularism

Civil baptisms in France: do you know about this option?

As these secular celebrations gain popularity, we look at the history, costs and the ceremony itself

Town hall cannot have a nativity crèche, France’s highest court rules

Debates about nativity scenes and France’s laws on secularism regularly surface each winter - and this year will be no exception

Annual burkini row ‘demonises’ all five million muslims in France

Journalist Nabila Ramdani gives her view on the latest ‘Muslim dress’ saga to hit France and how the arguments against the burkini just don’t stack up

Nabila Ramdani: Separatism talk only fuels fires of division

In her monthly column in The Connexion, award-winning journalist Nabila Ramdani shares her views on Emmanuel Macron’s speech on Islamist ‘separatism’

Christmas nativity scenes spark debate in France

Debate over the legality of public nativity scenes in France has been sparked again this year after activists sent a note to all departments, reminding them of the “steps to take” to respect the law.

‘It’s so macho to dictate what women can wear’

Sara El Attar tells Connexion why she spoke up for the 'thousands of women like her' during a debate on CNews

French nun refused retirement home space due to habit

A Catholic nun in France has been stopped from taking up her place in a retirement home after she refused to stop wearing her religious habit as a condition for living there.

Senate votes to ban signs of religion on school trips

The French Senate has voted to ban parents from displaying any signs of religion or wearing religious clothing when accompanying their children on public school trips.

French president says Muslim hijab ‘not my business’

President Emmanuel Macron has said that it is “not his business” whether Muslim women wear a hijab in public spaces - but that it “is his business” when it comes to public services.

One nation and its gods | James Harrington

The Three Musketeer super-nouns of the French Republic, Liberté , Égalité and Fraternité have their own stubborn young D’Artagnan to nurture - Laïcité

Secularism

Replace religious holidays with secular ones, suggests French mayor

‘The main reason to live in France’: Your views on French secularism

Far-right cause cancellation of US organist’s concert in France

Do you agree? France’s belief in laïcité (secularism) works

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