France's most contentious religious policy could get a lot worse

Getty Images/Pascal Le Segretain France's prime minister says he'd favor a ban on Muslim headscarves in universities, prompting criticism from within his own government. In an interview with the daily Liberation, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said France should "protect" French Muslims from extremist ideology. He said the headscarf, when worn for political reasons, oppresses women and is not "an object of fashion or consumption like any other." Citing secular traditions, France banned the face-cov...