Women from the Parisian suburbs that produced Pogba and Mbappé say French Football Federation rules are discriminatory. The French Football Federation maintains a ban on the wearing of “conspicuous religious symbols” despite FIFA lifting its own hijab ban in 2014. “For the FFF, now, it’s time to wake up … I think they look more at our faces than our …
PARIS — Many countries, especially in the democratic West, champion freedom of expression and allow publications that lampoon Islam’s prophet. While recent Islamist extremist attacks in France were carried out by those born abroad, French-born youth were behind much of the worst bloodshed in recent years, many of them linked to the Islamic State group. MILITARY FOOTPRINT France maintains a …
France’s national police have called for increased security at religious sites around the All Saint’s holiday this coming weekend, particularly noting online threats from extremists against Christians and moderate French Muslims Paris: France is increasing security at religious sites as the interior minister said Tuesday that the country faces a “very high” risk of terrorist threats, amid growing geopolitical tensions …
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