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 ...

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

Our journalism is only possible with support from you, our readers. The news mainstream media just doesn’t cover. Racial justice journalism since 1909. PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to ...

After France’s highest administrative court ruled in 2023 that the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matches, the Hijabeuses have lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human ...

PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus ...

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

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) ...