A French court has upheld the controversial sacking of a childcare worker who wore a headscarf to work. In a case that has gripped France for five years, a Paris appeals court ruled on November 27 that the dismissal of … Continue reading
France’s top court has upheld the decision of a childcare centre to fire an employee for wearing the Islamic headscarf, the hijab. The case has dragged on for six years, pitting French legal interpretations of secularism against laws guaranteeing personal … Continue reading
A long-standing legal row over France’s laws banning the wearing of religious symbols in public places takes another turn Thursday as the Paris appeals court considers the case of a childcare worker sacked for wearing a headscarf. In 2008, Fatima … Continue reading
A French creche assistant who was famously fired for refusing to remove her Islamic head-scarf had her dismissal annulled by France’s highest appeals court on Tuesday. The court judged the sacking was “religious discrimination”. Fatima Afif, a nursery assistant sacked … Continue reading
A French court has ruled that a private nursery had the right to fire an employee for wearing Islamic head-cover, leading its lawyer to hail an advance for secular forces in the country. An appeal court in Versailles backed up … Continue reading
A French court has ruled against a woman who sued a private child-care centre that fired her for wearing an Islamic headscarf and cloak to work. The case has become a symbol of the debate over religious freedom in France. … Continue reading
A privately-owned French company claims to have become the first in the country to ban the wearing of Muslim headscarves and other prominent religious symbols at work. But critics say the move, which had the backing of employees, is against … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 25 November-1 December 2013
Le Figaro reports that an Ifop poll it commissioned has found that almost eight out of ten people in France are opposed to the wearing of the headscarf or veil in university classrooms. It quotes Jerome Fourquet of Ifop as stating … Continue reading
One Society Many Cultures has issued a statement opposing further restrictions on the right of Muslim women in France to wear the hijab.