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Within the European context, there are factors that have changed Europe's way of thinking about itself and about the Islam. Such factors include for example the debates about wearing a headscarf in public schools. Such debates have occurred in many European countries. While the existence of the Islam has been long recognized by the constitutions of the major European countries, the extent in which this religion can be practiced remains questionable. The most important problem is the wearing of religious clothing, especially the wearing of an Islamic headscarf in public schools. This produced a major debate which deals with the question of whether wearing an Islamic headscarf in public schools should be allowed or prohibited. This paper presents a study concerning the situation of the Islamic headscarf in the public schools of the French Republic. This study relies on an analysis of the information from the mass media and from the law issued after the debates related to this subject.
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