Following the school headscarf controversy, the Conseil d’État advised that pupils could express religious beliefs within public education. Wearing religious signs was not in itself incompatible with secularism, although restrictions could apply to pressure, disruption or interference with teaching. The opinion offered families a basis for resisting blanket exclusion. In this timeline, the issue concerns equal access to education and the public expression of Muslim identity; the opinion did not itself declare a finding of Islamophobia.
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The Conseil d’État’s 1989 opinion treated every religious sign worn by a pupil as automatically incompatible with secular schooling.
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It said religious signs were not inherently incompatible with secularism, while allowing restrictions under specified circumstances.