In the winter I don’t like to wear hats. I wrap my head with a big scarf. I don’t wear it like a typical hijab, but it is similar enough. I wonder – would I be allowed to show like this in a French university or other places where hijab is not allowed? I read that hijab is forbidden as a religious symbol. But I’m just a catholic with scarf on my head.
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The hijab is not forbidden by name. The law just bans any religious symbols. It does not make any mention of anything specific. It is up to the schools to interpret what is a religious symbol and what is not. A scarf may be interpreted as a religious symbol, either as a hijab or as a catholic vail. This is up to whomever is enforcing the law. But as far as I understand universities are not covered by this law either, it is just primary and secondary schools. And if you show up with a religious symbol they are not going to give you a fine or anything but will rather tell you to leave and come back after you have changed. So in your case you could just remove the scarf if someone complains and make sure you remove it when you are inside.
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