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 rules in several disciplines ban ...

Gabriel Attal, who now heads the French president’s centrist political party, floated banning headscarves for women younger ...

France stands alone with religious headwear ban Amnesty International said the new bill targets Muslim women and girls by excluding them from sporting competitions if they wear a headscarf or ...

He says the principles of French secularism cannot be used to justify the headscarf ban because it's not the role of a secular state to judge a religious symbol. The bill is dividing the ...

says the principles of French secularism cannot be used to justify the headscarf ban. “The state, because it is secular, has no business judging a religious symbol,” he said. “That is not ...

Gabriel Attal, the head of President Macron's party, said he wanted to ban under-15s from wearing Muslim headscarves in ...

The reason? Her headscarf. More than two years later, Sylla is still barred from competing under the French basketball federation’s jurisdiction. The 27-year-old former point guard is among thousands ...

Former player Salimata Sylla poses before a women's basketball tournament where players can wear a headscarf, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla) ...