Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:42:14 -0700, Rustom Mody wrote: > >> In middle-eastern society women are expected to dress heavier than in >> the West. A few years ago a girl went to school in France with a scarf >> and she was penalized. > > Citation please. I think this is bogus...
This is not bogus. France has quite a strong tradition of keeping the education system secular and has passed a law regarding the wearing of "ostentatious" religious symbols in public schools, which also affects things like the wearing of crosses. Wikipedia has plenty on this... <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_scarf_controversy_in_France> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list