In March 2004, the French government approved a law prohibiting students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols at school. Twenty years later, according to a survey conducted in March 2024, a large majority of the French population is still in favor of this law. Indeed, around 82 percent of those surveyed declared themselves to be somehow in favor of it.
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The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Etes-vous tout à fait favorable, plutôt favorable, plutôt opposé(e) ou tout à fait opposé(e) à la loi interdisant aux
élèves le port de signes religieux ostensibles à l’école ?".
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Odoxa, & Le Figaro. (March 13, 2024). Are you in favor of the law prohibiting students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols at school? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237048/french-students-supporting-religious-symbols-public-services-religion/
Odoxa, und Le Figaro. "Are you in favor of the law prohibiting students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols at school?." Chart. March 13, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237048/french-students-supporting-religious-symbols-public-services-religion/
Odoxa, Le Figaro. (2024). Are you in favor of the law prohibiting students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols at school?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237048/french-students-supporting-religious-symbols-public-services-religion/
Odoxa, and Le Figaro. "Are You in Favor of The Law Prohibiting Students from Wearing Conspicuous Religious Symbols at School?." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237048/french-students-supporting-religious-symbols-public-services-religion/
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