Why is the new France classroom clothing ban so contentious?

A new classroom ban in France on clothing defined by the state as religious. The government says it's to defend the country's strict secularism - Muslims believe it's a targeted attack on fundamental freedoms. Why is the issue so contentious - both for and against?

Join Host Folly Bah Thibault. 

Guests: 

Loubna Reguig - National President of the Muslim Students of France

Jacques Reland - Senior Research Fellow at The Global Policy Institute, in Saint-Malo

Rainbow Murray - Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London.