The Madeleine Bunting article which I discussed here has evidently produced a full postbag at the Guardian. It publishes nine letters in response today. The one that succinctly expressed my own view is this one from David Lund:
President Chirac has got somewhat muddled on headscarves. A secular state is justified in not itself displaying religious signs in its schools, but this is very different from preventing those attending the schools from displaying their own personal religious items.For some discussion on the blogs, see Cobb, Solomonia and Hub Blog.