Thousands of young Muslim women in France are side-lined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines, including basketball, that ban kits and clothing carrying a religious or political significance - rules critics say disproportionately target hijab-wearing Muslim athletes. Now, a contentious bill backed by right-wing politicians that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions has cleared its first legislative hurdle in the Senate. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4mxeXIg
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Thousands of young Muslim women in France are side-lined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines, including basketball, that ban kits and clothing carrying a religious or political significance - rules critics say disproportionately target hijab-wearing Muslim athletes. Now, a contentious bill backed by right-wing politicians that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions has cleared its first legislative hurdle in the Senate. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4mxeXIg #france #sports #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home