laïcité

Laïcité.


//La France est une République indivisible, laïque, démocratique et sociale//.
 * French:** Ce mot vient du mot 'laique' et ca s'explique par les fondations de la France et sa manque de la religion dans le gouvernement.


 * English:** This word technically means 'secular' or 'secularism' and used to mean equal treatment of all religions. It used to mean freedom of the public institutions from religion (particularly the Catholic church in France) but in modern France the word has a new meaning as the suspicion or distaste for people who show a public expression of religion.

Recent controversy has erupted as France has banned the wearing of the headscarf in schools in 2004.

For more information, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2903663