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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After France’s highest administrative court ruled ... says the principles of French secularism cannot be used to justify the headscarf ban. “The state, because it is secular, has no business ...