Ban on hijab in France

According to Islam it's a must for the women and girls to use hijab as part of their dress. But due to the new law many innocent school-going Muslim girls in France had to drop themselves out of school while the others had to abandon their religious rituals to attend school. The French government is also going to enforce this law in their hospitals immediately. The French government and philanthropists have explained the cause behind this new rule as that in the present situation of the world religion is a very sensitive issue, so the children in their schools may face some discrimination due to their religious identity which is usually exposed through the emblems and this may create a negative impact in the young minds.

In the national flag of France the three colours blue, white and red respectively represent liberty, equality and fraternity. The cause shown for the legislation of the new law is really a very logical explanation which is intended to establish equality among the French people removing all the discrimination but isn't it a violation of human liberty- an obstacle for the people to follow their religious rituals? The young children of the minority ethnic groups may face discrimination for their identity but I think this can never be a solution to this problem.

So the French government should have paid attention to ensuring elimination of the ethnic discrimination by denouncing dogmatic views, rather than compelling any religious group to abandon their identity.