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Is France really planning to ban the Muslim headscarf?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:27:31 +0200

Recent days have seen a proliferation of social media posts protesting against a proposed 'hijab ban' in France - but is there really a plan to ban the Muslim headscarf?

Le Pen accused of 'improper behaviour' for refusing headscarf to meet Muslim leader

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:12:23 +0100

Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen sparked controversy on Tuesday when she refused to wear a headscarf to meet with Lebanon's top Sunni Muslim cleric. Or was it all just a publicity stunt on both sides?

Ban the headscarf on French streets: Is Sarkozy serious?

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 16:01:24 +0200

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested he is in favour of banning the wearing of the Muslim headscarf in public. But his own campaign team tell a different story.

Paris students invited to wear Muslim veils for 'Hijab Day'

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:07:57 +0200

The Sciences Po University in Paris hosted a "Hijab Day" on Wednesday, as student organizers attempted to end the stigma around women who wear the veil. But not everyone is playing along.

French minister warns of 'militant secularity'

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:34:02 +0200

France's education minister on Monday warned against "militant secularity" in a country where a long-standing ban on veils, Jewish kippahs and other religious signs in schools continues to cause controversy.

Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in France

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:30:37 +0100

A headscarf-wearing Muslim woman in her final month of pregnancy was violently assaulted in southern France this week, in what has been labelled an Islamophobic attack.

Student falsely ejected for wearing Muslim veil

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:26:00 +0100

A university student in France has reportedly lodged a complaint with police after being mistakenly told to leave a lecture for wearing a Muslim veil.

OK to fire headscarf-wearing employee: court

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:05:00 +0200

After a three year dispute, the court of appeal in Versailles told a children's nursery on Thursday they had the right to fire a woman who refused to remove her veil for work.