France's right-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols including the Muslim headscarf in all sport ...

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France's right-dominated Senate on Tuesday evening voted 210 to 81 to ban "the wearing of any sign or outfit ostensibly ...

Under France’s brand of secularism, civil servants, teachers and pupils cannot wear any obvious religious symbols such as a Christian cross, Jewish kippa, Sikh turban or Muslim headscarf ...

Many women wore a headscarf or a veil to cover their faces and men would often cover their heads with a turban. Richer people in the society were able to afford more intricate designed clothing ...