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Contents. Islamic scarf controversy in France. In France, there is an ongoing social, political, and legal debate concerning the wearing of the hijab and other forms of Islamic coverings in public. The cultural framework of the controversy can be traced to France's history of colonization in North Africa, [ 1 ] but escalated into a significant ...
Contents. Islamic veiling practices by country. Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim ...
The French ban on face covering[a] is the result of an act of parliament passed in 2010 banning the wearing of face-covering headgear, including masks, helmets, balaclavas, niqābs and other veils covering the face, and full body costumes and zentais (skin-tight garments covering entire body) in public places, except under specified circumstances.
France, home to Europe's largest Muslim minority, enforces laws to protect the principle of secularism under which state employees and school pupils are banned from wearing religious symbols and ...
S.A.S. v. France was a case brought before the European Court of Human Rights which ruled by a vote of fifteen to two that the French ban on face covering did not violate European Convention on Human Rights's (ECHR) provisions on right to privacy or freedom of religion. The two judges in the minority expressed their partly dissenting opinion.
For the 2023 film, see Burqa (2023 film). For the mask covering the eyebrows and upper lip used in Gulf countries, see Battoulah. A burqa or a burka[ a ] (/ ˈbɜːrkə /; Arabic: برقع) is an enveloping outer garment worn by some Muslim women which fully covers the body and the face.
Human rights abuses in France. Discrimination in France. Secularism in France. Anti-Islam sentiment in France. Religious controversies in France. Islamic clothing controversy in Europe.
The great majority of Muslims practice their religion in the French framework of laïcité, as a religious code of conduct must not infringe the public area. A study in 2008 found that 39% pray (salat) five times a day, 23% attend mosque on Fridays, 70% observe the fast of Ramadan, and 66% abstain from alcohol. [ 9 ]