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**International Hijab Solidarity Day in London **
More than 400 people demonstrate outside the French embassy in London against banning the Islamic headscarf or hijab in French state schools, Saturday, September 4, 2004. The protests, billed as “International Hijab Solidarity Day,” were peaceful and police reported no incidences of violence. The rally came two days after the start of the academic year in France, which has banned the wearing of the hijab or any other overt religious symbols in state schools.
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**Pakistani Women Rally to Support Hijab **
Women activists of Pakistan’s largest religious party the Jamat-i-Islami gathered in Lahore, Saturday, September 4, 2004, to protest against the ban on the headscarf by the French government. The Muttahida-Majlis-e-Amal, a religious group, announced that September 4 would be observed as International Hijab Day across Pakistan and other countries, against the French government’s ban on headscarves in state schools.
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Iranians Rally Against French Hijab Ban
Around 150 Iranian women demonstrated outside the French embassy in Tehran Saturday, September 4, 2004, protesting the ban on the Islamic headscarf or hijab in French state schools. The protesters raised banners reading “Freedom is now a myth in France,” and “Isn’t it time for another French revolution?” The demonstrators urged French President Jacques Chirac to read the principles of his country’s constitution. France’s academic year started Thursday as the controversial ban on the Islamic headscarf and other conspicuous religious insignia went into effect.
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