Abstract
There was a general outcry in the Muslim world at the time of the announce of the law concerning the wearing of the veil in French schools. This law put an end to the controversy 'veil affair' in France but since, the same affair arose in different countries like England. The interest of such a comparison is to understand how two countries sharing the same Western values can react so differently on the matter of freedom of religion occurring at the same period. Even if the conclusion about the freedom of religion is the same, i.e. that it can be restricted; wearing a veil in England is not a problem whereas it created many controversies in France. To what extent England and France had legally and sociologically faced a similar question arised at the same period but with so different interpretations?
