France’s Senate Backs Move To Ban Headscarf In Sports competitions

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Feb 20, 2025, France: France’s right-wing-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols, including the hijab, in all sports competitions, both professional and amateur, sparking accusations of discrimination from left France’s right-wing-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols, including the hijab, in all sport competitions, both professional and amateur, sparking accusations of discrimination from the left and rights advocates.

The bill still needs a majority of votes from the lower-house National Assembly to become law, but the right-leaning government has thrown its weight behind the measure. The Senate voted 210 to 81 to ban “the wearing of any sign or outfit ostensibly showing a political or religious affiliation” in competitions at regional and national levels organized by all the country’s sports federations

The draft law also bans outfits that might “contravene” principles of French secularism in France’s swimming pools

France’s right-wing-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols, including the hijab, in all sports competitions, both professional and amateur, sparking accusations of discrimination from the left and rights advocates. The bill still needs a majority of votes from the lower-house National Assembly to become law, but the right-leaning government has thrown its weight behind the measure.

UN experts have stated that the football and basketball federations’ rules, as well as the French government’s decision to prevent French athletes from wearing the headscarf while representing their country at the Paris Olympics, are “disproportionate and discriminatory”

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