I will advance the thesis that the ban on the Muslim headscarf in French schools is not justified. By saying that the French ban on the Muslim headscarf in public schools is not justified, I mean that although this ban was implemented as a means to neutralize public space, in the hope of developing autonomy, as well as to protect the rights of women in traditional traditions For Muslim communities, the ban actually violates the most urgent rights of the person and therefore means that it is not justified as it does more harm than good. I have two reasons for attacking the justification for the Muslim headscarf ban; first, children's autonomy; and secondly, positive and negative freedom. As mentioned above, my argument that the ban on the Muslim headscarf in French public schools is not justified depends heavily on the fact that “banning adults from wearing religious symbols in public institutions constitutes a violation of fundamental human rights (Gereluk 2005, p .260 )”, in which I will illustrate that the French government's justifications actually derive from a mere intolerance towards Islam; I will first refute the justifications given for this ban and reveal their basis of intolerance, then I will proceed to demonstrate that the ban is restricting basic human rights. In political discourse, one of the most important features of the French government is laïcité, which is the French commitment to the separation of religion and state. Because of this commitment to separation, secularism marks religious identity as private, therefore religion does not interfere in any way with the public part of France, and therefore it is the duty of the State to preserve public spaces by excluding all religious beliefs, which , so it makes it neutral. More specifically, the… middle of paper… my argument that the ban on the Muslim headscarf in French public schools is in no way justified is indisputable. Works Cited Berlin, Isaiah (1969): Two Concepts of Freedom, in: Freedom: Incorporating Four Essays on Freedom. Oxford University Press, 118-172.Valentini, Laura (2014): Religion and State. Conference, London School of Economics and Political Science. London, United Kingdom. 20 January 2014.Gereluk, Dianne (2005): Should the Muslim headscarf be banned in French schools?, in: Theory and research in education. Sage, 259-271.Laborde, Cecile (2013): Political Liberalism and Religion: On Separation and Institution*, in: The Journal of Political Philosophy. vol. 21. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 67-86.Laborde, Cecile (2006): Female Autonomy, Education and the Hijab, in: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. vol. 9. Routledge, 352-377.