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 ...

Gabriel Attal, the head of President Macron's party, said he wanted to ban under-15s from wearing Muslim headscarves in public spaces. In response, there has been an outcry across the political ...

Mantes-la-Jolie (France) (AFP ... be able to compete as the French government is pushing for a new law to ban the headscarf in domestic sports competitions. "It feels like they're trying ...

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

After France’s highest administrative court ruled ... 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 ...

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

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 ...

But now the Muslim convert fears she will no longer be able to compete, as the French government is pushing for a new law to ban the headscarf ... Under France's secular system, civil servants ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's political party wants to ban minors under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in public, with the government set the review a report on the spread of "political ...

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 ...