Young, Muslim and French

Name: Young, Muslim and French
Uploaded: 2013-06-05T19:15:33+00:00
Duration: 58 min 17 s
Channel: Common Good Productions
Description: Some young French Muslims are now choosing to wear the veil, setting themselves on a collision course with a government that has banned the wearing of the veil in the public schools. How the French government wrestles with the discontents of its growing Muslim population may determine the future of the Republic. Producer: Micah Fink Broadcast on PBS, Wide Angle Broadcast: August 2004

Some young French Muslims are now choosing to wear the veil, setting themselves on a collision course with a government that has banned the wearing of the veil in the public schools. How the French government wrestles with the discontents of its growing Muslim population may determine the future of the Republic.  Producer: Micah Fink Broadcast on PBS, Wide Angle Broadcast: August 2004