A player wearing a headscarf warms-up before a basketball game, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Credit: AP/Thomas Padilla Athlete who wears hijab says it's a personal decision ...

After France’s highest administrative court ruled in 2023 that the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matches, the Hijabeuses have lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human ...

France’s headscarf ban in the 2024 Summer Olympics reflects a narrow view of national identity, writes a scholar of European studies. Armin Langer, University of Florida.

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 ...

After France’s highest administrative court ruled in 2023 that the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matches, the Hijabeuses have lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human ...

After France’s highest administrative court ruled in 2023 that the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matches, the Hijabeuses have lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human ...

A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France Published Sunday, May 25, 2025 | 10:03 p.m.

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a ...