I was shocked to see in this Alam article that the prestigious French secondary school Lycee Descartes in Rabat refused to allow a school girl to take her entrance exam because she was wearing a head covering. The private school justified the exclusion based on its deference to French law. However, Moroccan law does not allow for private schools owned/operated by foreign governments or entities to enforce laws that are at odds with Moroccan law. It will be interesting to see how the PJD (the Islamist party running Morocco at the moment) will react to this.
I will discuss this story, which though posted in April, has been going on since January at least, in more detail soon.
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