The ban on wearing the veil by a woman during continuing education organized in a high school in France is a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, according to the UN Human Rights Committee.
Invited to lunch by her son on Sunday, May 29, Mother’s Day, a woman was denied access to a restaurant located in Hendaye, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, because she was veiled. A complaint for discrimination has been filed at the Pau police station.
At the Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University located in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon, a veiled student was humiliated in the middle of a class and had to leave. A minority of students is accused of committing "intimidation and humiliation" in this place of learning. Testimony.
Two veiled Maghrebian women were assaulted by an individual on Tuesday, April 12, late morning, near the Rives-du-Lez in Montpellier. An investigation is underway to identify the perpetrator and determine whether it was an attack with an Islamophobic background.
If elected, Marine Le Pen, the candidate of the Rassemblement national (RN), will put an end to the wearing of the veil in public spaces in France. According to her, this will satisfy a demand expressed by 85% of the French.
In Berrechid, a bank branch was the victim of an attempted robbery last Thursday. The alleged thieves, a woman wearing a full veil and three other individuals, fled after passersby heard the branch manager cry for help.
American top model Bella Hadid calls on France, India, Quebec, Belgium and all other countries in the world that are discriminatory towards Muslim women to rethink their policies.
The position of Elisabeth Moreno, Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, on the wearing of the veil in sport, which is a support for the "hijabeuses" collective, is causing fierce controversy. The government is divided on the issue.
Meeting on Monday, January 31, the Joint Committee (CMP) was unable to reach an agreement on the draft law aimed at democratizing sport in France. Some deputies opposed an amendment added by Senator of Isère Michel Savin (LR), which provided for extending the law on secularism in schools to sports competitions, by banning the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols.
Professors at the Francisco Ferrer Higher Education Institute in Brussels have decided to appeal the decision allowing two veiled students to attend classes.
The "Hijabeuses" organized a football match on Wednesday, January 26 in the Jardin du Luxembourg, just in front of the Senate, to display their opposition to the vote of an amendment by the Les Républicains party aimed at banning the wearing of the veil during "sporting events and sports competitions organized by sports federations and affiliated associations".
In Belgium, the wearing of the veil is now authorized in the courts. This, after the modification of the completely outdated Article 759 of the Judicial Code.