A contentious bill backed by right-wing politicians that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions has cleared its first legislative hurdle in the Senate ...

Supporters say it is necessary to protect secularism, while opponents have denounced it as discriminatory, Islamophobic, and ...

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines ...

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines ...

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are side-lined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines, including basketball, that ban kits and clothing carrying a religious or politi ...

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banning girls under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in public spaces. The suggestion coincides with a high-level government response to a newly submitted report on the influence of political ...

One of the consequences of this movement is that it made people and the cinema industry much more sensitive about the whole matter of the mandatory headscarf ... five-year work ban, which means ...

He told Le Parisien: “I want a ban on minors under 15 wearing the veil in public spaces.” He said the headscarf “seriously ... suspicion towards Muslims in France”. The Elysee confirmed ...

Jordan Bardella, leader of France's far-right National Rally ... The government is also pushing for a new law to ban the headscarf in domestic sports competitions, a move critics of the law ...

She is there to ensure no rules are broken, including a ban on Muslim headscarves and other "conspicuous" religious ... And a recent Pew think-tank survey indicated that secularist France was the ...