Paris, Nov 30, 2025 (AFP) - French interior minister opposes 'stigmatising' hijab ban for minors

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2025-11-30

France's interior minister on Sunday said he opposed a proposal put before parliament to ban young girls wearing the Muslim headscarf, saying such a move risked being "stigmatising" for the minors. The issue of tightening legal limits on the wearing of the hijab in public is being raised with increasing insistence in France, where the far-right is growing in strength but which has one of Europe's biggest Muslim communities. Laurent Wauquiez, the......

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