clearly, Bush and Chirac see eye to eye on some things

[winterbadger]

Although the law would ban all overt religious symbols from public schools, politicians have made clear that the measure is aimed at preventing Muslim schoolgirls from wearing head scarves. Officials have said they see the growing use of head scarves by Muslim schoolgirls as the beginning of extremist demands that could eventually entail calls for separate swimming facilities and segregated male and female classrooms.

from the Washington Post