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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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 May 11, 2024, 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 May 11, 2024. 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: May 11, 2024. 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/
Odoxa & Le Figaro, Are you in favor of the law prohibiting students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols at school? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237048/french-students-supporting-religious-symbols-public-services-religion/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Are you in favor of the law prohibiting students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols at school? [Graph], Odoxa, & Le Figaro, March 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237048/french-students-supporting-religious-symbols-public-services-religion/