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YTURBE, Corina. El principio de laicidad: el caso del velo islámico. Diánoia [online]. 2006, vol.51, n.56, pp.67-93. ISSN 0185-2450.

Recent debates on the concept of laicism (laïcité) seem to challenge the principles on which that concept is based. The article analyses those principles, in order to clarify what is at stake when we talk about laïcité. The point of reference is the debate that recently emerged in France over the use of the Islamic foulard in public schools and, in particular, the report produced by the “Stasi Comission”, a group of politicians, philosophers and social scientists, under the leadership of minister Bernard Stasi. That report offers a French view of the problems laïcité faces in contemporary societies.

Palavras-chave : laic state; religious tolerance; neutrality; equality.