France's lower house of parliament is expected on Tuesday to adopt a controversial bill that will ban Muslim headscarves and other religious symbols in state schools, amid violent opposition from minorities and some international rights groups. If the measure is adopted, the draft law will pass to the upper house of parliament, the Senate, for another vote. President Jacques Chirac himself has come out in favour of the law, which would make it illegal to wear clothes or insignia that "conspicuously" display religious affiliation in state schools. It would apply to headscarves worn by Muslim girls, skull caps worn by Jewish boys, and "large" Christian crosses.

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