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France's Burqa Ban: How Religious Freedom Laws Actually Work

In 1989, three teenage girls wore headscarves to school in France and accidentally triggered a 30-year battle over religious freedom that's still raging today. Alex Romano breaks down how France went from protecting religious expression to banning it - and why this matters way beyond Europe. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • Why France's burqa ban affects just 2,000 women but sparked global controversy about religious rights • How secular principles designed to protect minorities can flip into restricting them (and when that shift happens) • The surprising political reality: 82% of French parliament…

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