France's Senate backs move to ban headscarf in sport

Guardian | 20-02-2025 02:50am |

France's right-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols including the Muslim headscarf in all sport competitions, 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 [...]The post France's Senate backs move to ban headscarf in sport appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

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