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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8896

25 February 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/religions
Five MEPs hope Parliament will debate on Islamic headscarf and other external religious signs

Strasbourg, 24/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - With a view to the adoption of a Parliament resolution, four British MEPs and one French MEP have signed a declaration on the right to religious expression. The declaration, which calls for greater respect of religious freedoms and rights, and above all the wearing of religious signs, is mainly in reaction to the French law on banning such signs and to the debate on the Hijab headscarf. The text calls on all Member States to authorise external signs...

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