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LONDON, Sept 4: More than 400 people attended a demonstration outside the French embassy in London on Saturday against the ban in French state schools of the hijab (headscarf).
The protests, on what those opposed to the ban had billed as "International Hijab Solidarity Day", were peaceful and police reported no incidence of violence.
The rally came two days after the start of the academic year in France, which has banned the wearing of the hijab or any other overt religious symbols in state schools.
"The hijab is a big thing to us," said Rajnaara Akhtar, vice-coordinator of the Assembly for the Protection of the Hijab.-AFP
