S/S/44. La question du foulard islamique en France - The Question of the Islamic Headscarf in France (In French Language)

This dissertation written in French will attempt to analyse the concept of French secularism and the recent ‘‘issue of the Islamic headscarf in classrooms through a political, sociological and historic approach. This dissertation will equally try to analyse the mechanisms which have triggered the rise of such an ‘‘issue of the headscarf in France. Finally, it will discuss and question the modern conceptions and representation of what French society, nowadays, means by democracy, secularism (laßcitù) and Islam, as well as why the Islamic headscarf is perceived as a threat to the survival of French secularism. The main objective of this work will be to ‘‘unveil the real social, economic and historic issues hidden behind such an overly mediatized social phenomenon, which saw a significant increase in the number of young school-girls choosing to wear the Islamic headscarf towards the end of the 21st Century.