Next, some people know that France is a secular country thus giving a reason for France being allowed to ban the hijab. France is a secular country as the government has decided it doesn’t want to do with religion and this could be for a variety of reasons such as they want to make everyone equal and that now most of France’s population is Atheist. Also all clothing that tells someone what your religion is, is banned. This includes crosses, bracelets and the hijab. As the government controls France they should be able to make laws that they think will benefit the majority of the population.
Even though this statement is true, I think that France shouldn’t be able to ban the hijab because it’s a secular country. This is because of a human right. The human right I am talking about is the right to an education. This human right states that every child should have a right to an education and the philosophical and religious beliefs of the child should be respected during their education. As in many French schools, the head teacher has expelled students for wearing hijabs and this contradicts with the human right of education as it is stated that the religious beliefs of a child should be respected. This also partially stops children from getting educated as the parents of the child that has got expelled for wearing a hijab have to find a new school for the kid and this momentarily stops a child’s education. In my opinion I think that France’s government can’t make laws like this as it affects so many people’s lives.
The majority of people will agree with the hijab being allowed in France because of article nine of the human rights. It gives you the right to put your religion and thoughts into action. This can be wearing religious clothing, talking about your religion or take part in religious worship. Public authorities like the government cannot stop you from doing this without a very good reason. These reasons are public safety, public order, health or morals and the rights and freedom of other people. As most of the time wearing the hijab doesn’t break any of these rules this is a great reason why the hijab should be allowed in France.
I think that this reason proves that France should not be able to ban the hijab. France’s government is banning the hijab and this is against a human right. In this human law it is stated that public authorities, like the government, cannot interfere with your beliefs and religion and religious practises unless there is a very good reason behind it. These reasons are stated above. Wearing the hijab is seen as necessary by some people as it is in the Quran and France is stopping this. As wearing the hijab doesn’t break any of the reasons stated I don’t see why France can ban the hijab.
Moving on, many people will agree with France banning the hijab for security reasons. These reasons can be that when someone is wearing a hijab, it is harder to identify them. The need to accurately identify people is really important for security. It has been shown that it is harder to recognise someone with a hijab on instead of a hijab off. This can make the life for some people harder. For instance if a police officer was looking for you and you were wearing a hijab the police officer would find it more difficult to identify you.
Thinking about all the points in this argument, I think that you still should be allowed to wear a hijab even though I agree that it is harder to identify someone who is wearing the hijab. I think that you still should be able to wear a hijab as the only parts of your face that are covered up by the hijab are the ears and hair. Also you can identify a person by looks other than their hair or ears by knowing their eye colour. It would be nearly impossible to identify someone who is wearing the burqa just by looks though. Another point that I think opposes this argument is that you can always change your hair so identification issues would be the same even if hijabs were removed as anyone can cut their hair or dye it anytime they want.
Finally, I have come to my conclusion. In this essay there were a lot of valid points about if or if not France should be allowed to ban the hijab. On the side that’s for France banning the hijab there were arguments like France is a secular country and that it harder to identify people that are wearing the hijab. On the side that’s against France banning the hijab there were reasons like wearing the hijab is in the Quran and freedom of religion is a human right. Therefore I have come to the conclusion that France shouldn’t be able to ban the hijab as it is defying a human right. Now you can decide if France should be allowed to ban the hijab.