France

A proposed bill in France aims to ban the hijab from all sports competitions, provoking strong reactions from Muslim athletes and human rights advocates who deem it discriminatory, Middle East Eye reported. The legislation, known as the “law on secularism…

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has reversed his stance on banning the hijab in sports competitions, despite previously backing a Senate-approved bill aimed at prohibiting religious symbols in all sporting events. During a National Assembly debate on Tuesday, Bayrou expressed…

More than 90,000 people protested across France on Saturday against rising racism and the growing influence of the far-right, according to the Interior Ministry. The demonstrations, organized by leftist parties, unions, and human rights groups, came amid accusations that the…

Two Uyghur activists in France have re-filed a complaint in a Paris court alleging transnational repression by China, RFA reported. This case stems from events during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France in May 2024, when Chinese citizens, allegedly…

The discovery of a World War II bomb has caused significant disruption to morning traffic at Paris’ busy Gare du Nord train station, Arab News reported citing the French national railway company TER on Friday. TER announced on the social…

France’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has upheld a decision banning lawyers from wearing visible symbols, including religious ones such as the hijab. The ruling follows an objection from the French Bar Association, which challenged a 2023 decision…

Marwan Muhammad, former president of the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), has accused French authorities of using secularism as a tool to suppress Muslim women and erase Islamic identity from public spaces, Turkish Anadolu Agency reported. Muhammad, known for…

Local authorities have reported that the death toll from Cyclone Garance in La Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, has risen to four, Anadolu Agency reported. The storm has caused widespread disruption, leaving 160,000 households without electricity, 310,000…

The Coordination Council of Turkish Muslims of France (CCMTF) has called on the French Interior Ministry to enhance security for Muslim places of worship following a rise in anti-Muslim attacks, media outlets reported. CCMTF head Ibrahim Alçı expressed concerns over…

France’s right-wing-dominated Senate has approved a bill to ban religious symbols, including the hijab, in all sports competitions, both professional and amateur, media reports said. The measure, passed by a vote of 210 to 81, aims to prohibit “any sign…