France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez rejected on Sunday a new proposal that would ban girls under 18 from wearing the ...

France’s Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, explicitly opposed a parliamentary proposal to ban minors from wearing the hijab ...

France's interior minister on Sunday said he opposed a proposal put before parliament to ban young girls wearing the Muslim ...

The outrage over Maryam Boujettou’s hijab reveals the fragility of France's commitment to equality, challenging a state that ...

The Eiffel Tower adorned with Olympic rings, celebrating the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, seen in Paris, France on July 16, 2024. Credit - Artur Widak—NurPhoto/Getty Images After ...

PARIS (RNS) — A week before France is set to welcome the world for the Olympics and Paralympics Summer Games of 2024, Amnesty International published a damning report on the host country’s decision to ...

Human rights and sports organisations urge the International Olympic Committee to publicly call on sporting authorities in France to overturn all bans on athletes wearing the hijab in French sport.

PARIS — Diaba Konaté was named the NCAA college basketball Big West conference's best defensive player of the year in 2023-2024. In her senior year playing for the University of California, Irvine, ...

Sporting goods retailer Decathlon has abandoned plans to sell a sports hijab in France, following a backlash from politicians and the public. Sporting goods retailer Decathlon has abandoned plans to ...

France’s interior minister on Sunday came out against a new bill seeking to bar girls from wearing the Muslim headscarf in ...

After months of campaigning by sporting organizations, France has not reversed its decision to ban French athletes who observe the hijab from participating in the summer Olympics; a move that human ...

Right-wing MP Laurent Wauquiez submitted a bill to the Assemblée Nationale last week to ban the wearing of the veil by minors ...