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The veil in sport electrifies the National Assembly

2022-02-09T19:41:02.432Z


While the demonstration of the Hijabeuses was postponed, the motion tabled by the deputy LR Éric Ciotti was rejected under boos.


The Paris police headquarters had released the red card.

Tuesday evening, the

"football match with the allies and elected officials"

, scheduled for the next day at the Invalides by the Hijabeuses, this group of activists for the right to wear the veil during sports competitions, had been banned.

As the deputies began their debates on the Democratization of Sport Act, they finally

"postponed their return match"

for

"security reasons"

.

Although the administrative court, seized in summary, agreed with them.

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To prohibit the demonstration of the Hijabeuses, the Prefecture had justified itself by the fear that it

“attracts, in addition to the people who support it, people hostile to the defended cause and likely to do battle with the first

”.

This claim, which comes on the occasion of the discussion in Parliament of the bill aimed at democratizing sport, is the subject of a lively and controversial debate between supporters of the affirmation of political Islam…

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Source: lefigaro

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