A bill to ban all "ostensibly religious" clothing and symbols, including headscarves, during competitions will be debated from Tuesday in the upper house of the French parliament. Amnesty ...

FILE - Morocco's Nouhaila Benzina walks around the ground during a familiarization tour ahead of her Women's World Cup Group H match with Germany in Melbourne, Australia, on July 23, 2023. (AP ...

The French Senate in 2022 voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, ...

In individual cases, cantonal authorities had issued headscarf bans for schoolgirls. This had given the Federal Supreme Court the opportunity to clarify the legal situation. In a landmark ruling in ...

France’s highest administrative court said Thursday the country’s soccer federation is entitled to ban headscarves in competitions even though the measure can limit freedom of expression. The Council ...

PERTUIS, France — Muslim headscarves took center stage in France’s presidential campaign Friday amid far-right candidate Marine Le Pen’s push to ban them in the country with western Europe’s largest ...

BRUSSELS — Companies in the European Union can ban employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, if they need to do so to project an image of neutrality to customers, the E.U.'s top ...

Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions. The bill is backed by right-wing senators and will be debated from ...

Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions. The bill is backed by right-wing senators and will be debated from ...