IQNA – The proposed legislation to ban headscarves in French sports has ignited a debate over religious freedom and secularism, with athletes raising concerns about its impact on inclusivity and expression.
News ID: 3492561 Publish Date : 2025/04/04
IQNA – The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has condemned a "stigmatizing" campaign against women wearing headscarves, criticizing the media and political rhetoric that it says fuels intolerance and undermines national cohesion.
News ID: 3492515 Publish Date : 2025/03/27
IQNA – The Muslim Students of France (EMF) has strongly slammed a proposed law to ban Islamic headscarves (hijabs) in sports competitions, labeling it as “racist, Islamophobic, and sexist.”
News ID: 3491953 Publish Date : 2025/02/21
IQNA – A proposed French bill that seeks to ban “ostensibly religious” clothing and symbols in all sports competitions has drawn criticism from a rights organization.
News ID: 3491921 Publish Date : 2025/02/19
IQNA – Thousands of Muslims attended a rally in Mekelle, Ethiopia, on Tuesday to protest the failure of schools in Axum to allow hijab-wearing students to attend classes.
News ID: 3491555 Publish Date : 2025/01/22
IQNA – The Tigray Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has expressed strong opposition to a recent ban on hijabs in schools in Axum town, warning that it may resort to "further peaceful measures in consultation with believers" if the issue remains unresolved.
News ID: 3491353 Publish Date : 2025/01/06
IQNA – Chechnya’s Supreme Mufti Salah Mezhiev criticized recent bans on hijabs and other religious clothing in Russian schools, calling them unconstitutional and a violation of freedom of conscience and religion.
News ID: 3490489 Publish Date : 2024/10/30
IQNA – UN experts have called on France to reverse its discriminatory measures banning women and girls from wearing the hijab while playing sports, urging compliance with international human rights obligations.
News ID: 3490468 Publish Date : 2024/10/28
IQNA – Amnesty International’s condemnation of the French ban on athletes wearing hijab in sports was praised by an American Muslim advocacy group.
News ID: 3489164 Publish Date : 2024/07/17
IQNA – The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) called on the government of Tajikistan to stop its moves to change the country’s Islamic identity.
News ID: 3488888 Publish Date : 2024/06/25
PARIS (IQNA) – A Moroccan thinker has criticized France's decision to prohibit its athletes from wearing hijab, the headscarf worn by some Muslim women, during the 2024 Paris Olympics, saying it reveals the blindness and extremism of the French political mind.
News ID: 3485459 Publish Date : 2023/10/07
PARIS (IQNA) – A sports journalist has addressed what can unfold in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for Hijabi Muslim athletes as France has a history of imposing hijab bans in sports.
News ID: 3485246 Publish Date : 2023/09/20
PARIS (IQNA) - The State Council, France’s highest court for complaints against state authorities, will deliver its verdict in the next 48 hours on an appeal against the government's abaya dress ban in schools.
News ID: 3485067 Publish Date : 2023/09/06
WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) denounced the French government’s decision to ban Muslim students from wearing the abaya.
News ID: 3484962 Publish Date : 2023/08/29
NEW DELHI (IQNA) – A Muslim woman faced discrimination at a school in Tamil Nadu, India, when she was asked to remove her hijab during an exam.
News ID: 3484879 Publish Date : 2023/08/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Reports indicate an increase in the sale of Islamic clothing in India amid bans on Islamic hijab in south of the country.
News ID: 3481455 Publish Date : 2022/11/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A top European Union (EU) court has ruled in favor of barring women with headscarves from entering workplaces, claiming that the ban does not constitute discrimination if it is part of a wider restriction applied to all workers.
News ID: 3480851 Publish Date : 2022/10/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A group of hijab-wearing football players gathere in Paris's Luxembourg Garden on Wednesday to protest a recent decision which bans them from wearing their scarves in sports competitions.
News ID: 3477568 Publish Date : 2022/01/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places on Friday, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron.
News ID: 3473840 Publish Date : 2021/01/30
