During the show hosted by David Pujadas on TF1 and LCI, Lilia Bouziane, a veiled student, had an intense exchange with French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, who is considering banning the Islamic veil at universities.
A study by the National Observatory of Discrimination and Equality in Higher Education (Ondes), published this week, highlights a major obstacle to employment in France: wearing the veil.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) reacts to "the racist and anti-Muslim aggression suffered by a 42-year-old woman with a disability, wearing a veil and recently weakened by chemotherapy treatment." The Muslim organization also denounces the fact that some media and politicians "seem to have a variable indignation depending on the skin color, origin or religion of the victims."
Due to her veil, Aziza H., 43, was, on Monday, the victim of aggression and racist insults in Gardanne, by two women aged between 40 and 50.
UN experts have given their view on the ban on wearing the veil in sports in France. They consider this measure "discriminatory" and call for its repeal.
The Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) correctional court has sentenced a 23-year-old French woman who converted to Islam for stabbing her father, who was preventing her from "wearing the veil".
A deputy from the Party of Justice and Development (PJD - Islamist), denounced the obligation for students at the Ibn Abbad college, located in Salé, to wear a uniform with "jeans" pants as an abuse and a serious violation of the right to wear the hijab.
A French tourist refused to take a seat next to a veiled Moroccan woman in a taxi in Marrakech, saying she feared for her safety. The video of the scene, posted on Facebook, sparked outrage among Internet users.
While they had booked at a famous Asian restaurant in Rabat, young women were turned away at the entrance of the establishment because they were wearing the hijab.
After a controversy around the wearing of her headscarf, the French 4x400m relay runner, Sounkamba Sylla, has announced that she will be able to participate in the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A compromise has been reached: the athlete will wear a cap designed by Berluti during the parade.
Franco-Moroccan journalist Manal Fkihi has announced her intention to challenge the rule prohibiting veiled women from wearing the hijab on the photo of the French press card. This decision follows the refusal of the Press Card Issuance Commission (CCIJP) to grant her request due to the wearing of her veil.
Targeted by two spits as she and her friend were walking near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, a Moroccan tourist wearing a hijab filed a complaint. She denounces a racist and sexist assault.