Headscarf-wearing officer to appear before disciplinary committee

She knew when she took the job overt religious display of any kind was forbidden. That is number one. If she felt the need of the scarf, she should have fought to have that stipulation of the job rules changed before taking the job. It is wrong to expect the rules to change, whatever they may be, after you have agreed to abide by them and have got cross ways of them. Period. The End. Forever. I practiced this when when my own daughter, at 13, got cross ways of a class rule which had been on the list since day one with her teacher, and which she had signed agreement to. There were other teachers teaching the same class without that rule, so she could easily have asked to be moved long before she got cross ways of the rule. Therefore, I punished her just exactly as I would have had I agreed with the rule, though I did not. I did also speak with the teacher and school authorities, and the rule was changed, but I specifically requested my daughter be asked to bear the school/teacher's punishment for the crime irregardless. There is no honor in protesting a law or rule after you have broken it. The only other honorable way to have dealt with it would be to have worked to change the law first. Then she could wear the thing on her head with honor. As it is, it is only a glaring symbol of her great shame.

This is not to say I disagree with them asking a police offical to refrain from wearing overt religious symbolism on the job. France, like others, was once a country with a state religion and religious law for all practical purposes the secular law of the land. They made the choice to throw that off, and to remove crosses from courtrooms and otherwise forbid overt display of Christian symbolism in their government offices and on the representatives of the government. I see no reason to substitute some other religion's symbolism in place of Catholic crosses.
I am American and I applaud the French for every effort they make to strip their government offices, schools, and representatives of any and all overt religious symbolism possible, no matter the religion. I wish we had the good sense to do the same. I do feel people should have the right to practice as they wish in their own homes and in their churches, and the French certainly grant that. They simply ask that no one, of any religion, be allowed to throw up their religious symbols in a way that could, in any eyes whatsoever, make it seem the government in any way supported any religion. I'm sure they are imperfect in this pursuit, but I congratulate them in making every attempt they may toward this end and wish to encourage that they fight against this head scarf as though it were the very scourge of the land it is.

As far as their efforts to get rid of burkas, I do not believe it stemmed originally from safety concerns, though those will surely come now after the robbers hiding weapons at that bank. I do think it points up yet one more excellent reason to do everything in the power of the government to eliminate the public practice of such an offensive mode of dress, which is only done to stick religion in people's faces and to oppress women. It is not even required nor suggested by the religion they claim to honor by wearing it, and good and honest practitioners of that religion abhor it.

Your in France ,live like the French, quit calling attention to yourself by what you wear!!

Are the cross and the rabbi hat religious costumes? Why are they not banned?

She knew the rules when she joined, if she didn't like them then the answer is quite easy - she should not have joined!!!

Agree with all the comments of the previous post

These kind of Muslims, are actually Islamists i.e. Muslims whom politicizes religion. If others are not allowed to wear obvious religious symbols to work or schools,specially that is ideologically denying equal and liberty rights to women/girls primitively, why should the Muslims be allowed - that will be clear blatant unjust discrimination! I think this is how the EU should get around in banning the Dark Age sexist veiling ideology, eventually. At the moment, I'm wearing my cross openly in Germany here, in order to make such a point - that if the Muslims are allowed to make politico-religious statement in the public, why shouldn't I?! In fact, being a convert from Islam, I would not even be allowed, and might even be lynched for wearing my cross openly in Islamic-rule countries! In fact, most Christian minorities are not allowed to openly display their cross since most Muslims regard the cross as deeply 'offensive', in Islamic-ruled countries!