ESF Event Title: Muslims in Europe: perspectives and challenges

Seminar Title: Hijab: a woman's right to choose seminar at the ESF

Over 800 people attended the seminar discussing the French ban on hijab implemented at the start of the school year in September.

Salma Yaqoob representing the Stop the War Coalition, Christine Delphy of the French anti-ban campaign Collectif Une Ecole pour Toutes et Tous, Alex Gask, Liberty's legal officer, Raghad Altikriti of the Muslim Association of Britain and Arlene Rodrigues of the Assembly for the Protection of Hijab addressed the meeting, outlining the impact of the ban and its context and calling for all those in support of human and civil rights to oppose the ban.

Theme: Against Racism, Discrimination and the Far Right: For Equality and Diversity

Date: Saturday 16th October 2004

Time: 11.30am-1.30pm

Location: Alexandra Palace Venue, Porto Alegre

Organisations taking part:

>> National Assembly Against Racism

>> Muslim Association of Britain

>> Stop the War Coalition
 

Supported by:

>> The Assembly for the Protection of Hijab

>> Muslim Council of Britain

>> Collectif Ecole Pour Toutes et Tous

>> Collectif des Musulmans de France,

>> Collectif des Feministes pour l'Egalite

>> National Union of Students Black Students

>> 1990 Trust
 

Speakers list:

>> Raghad Altikriti (Muslim Association of Britain);

>> Shami Chakrabarti (Liberty);

>> Christine Delphy (Collectif Ecole Pour Toutes et Tous);

>> Arlene Rodrigues (Assembly for the Protection of Hijab);

>> Salma Yaqoob (Stop the War Coalition);

>> Co-Chairs: Milena Buyum (NAAR) and (MCB) representative