The tombs of Muslim soldiers who served in the French army during World War I were desecrated on Sunday night in a cemetery in the north of France.

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An appeals court in France reinstated a marriage between two Muslims who split up on their wedding night because the bride had lied about her virginity.

France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim population, and striking a balance between Islamic traditions and secular French values isn’t always simple.

Explore the everyday lives of French Muslims in this photo essay.

Timeline of French secularism, from the French Revolution to the headscarf debate.

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(August 26, 2004) WIDE ANGLE explores the ban on Muslim headscarves in French schools in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys, a racially diverse, working-class community on the outskirts of Paris, where young Muslim women face a choice to obey the ban - or flout it.

This film covers a racially diverse, working-class community on the outskirts of Paris, where Muslim women face a choice to obey a headscarf ban — or flout it.

Since 1989, the appearance of the hijab (Muslim headscarf) in French public schools has opened the most impassioned debate over the role of laïcité (secularism) in French society since the separation of church and state in 1905.

Professor Fawaz Gerges discusses secularism in France with host Mishal Husain.

Cambodia's political history since independence in 1953.