President Emmanuel Macron warns that Islamism is undermining the unity of the Republic. "(The politicians) want our emancipation, they want to save us from this imaginary oppression, but it is they who are oppressing us," said medical student Mona el Mashouly, 25, in her home city of Strasbourg. lawmaker and Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American woman to wear a hijab while competing in the Olympics, among others. They have drawn support from social media influencers, a U.S. The French Senate voted March 30 to approve an amendment of President Emmanuel Macron’s anti-seperatism law that effectively bans Muslim women under 18-years-old from wearing a hijab, or head scarf, in public or in school, as well as allows police to harass and arrest them for such actions. Why are liberal politicians banning our hijabs and niqabs Under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, France had the audacity to ban Muslim women and girls. Earlier this month, the 29-year-old Somali-Norwegian model posted a selfie on Instagram with hands off my hijab criticising a proposed ban on the garment in France. "Parents should not impose dogma on their children," he told the upper house.Ī group of young women is running the #PasToucheAMonHijab campaign from the living rooms of their families' flats. The hijab ban is hateful rhetoric coming from the highest level of government and will go down as an enormous failure of religious values and equality. HandsOffMyHijab, as well as its equivalent PasToucheAMonHijab, has been adopted by Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad and US congresswoman Ilhan Omar, as well as thousands of women around the world. Senator Christian Bilhac told lawmakers in April it would protect youngsters. The amendment pertains to all religious symbols, though opponents say it targets Muslims. In 2010, it banned the niqab, the full-face Islamic veil, in public places such as streets, parks, public transport, and administrative buildings. Hands off my hijab Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban. She started a campaign by posting a selfie on Instagram with the words hands off my hijab written on her palm, which has been trending on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. The place of religion and religious symbols worn in public is a long-running matter of controversy in France, a staunchly secular country and home to Europe's largest Muslim minority.įrance prohibited the wearing of Islamic headscarves in state schools in 2004. Hands off my hijab Stock Photos and Images Protest supporting Hijab wearing at Stand up against Racism, International demonstration in London to mark London. "I cannot understand why they would want to pass a law that discriminates." To force me to remove it would be a humiliation," Chourak said.
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