On September 21, 1792, or Year I as it was soon to be known, the monarchy was abolished and the French First Republic was proclaimed. The following year, while the heads of the monarchy and clergy ...

The prime minister of France kicked off a visit to Quebec Thursday by telling legislators they are right to stand up and ...

The new legislation aims to forbid the head covering in all professional and amateur competitions countrywide. Read more at ...

"It's frustrating because all we want is to do sport." Under France's secular system, civil servants, teachers, pupils and ...

Yet France has a rightful place in the history of combative secularism. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, French authorities harshly curtailed the role of religion in public life ...

The European giant’s complex relationship with religious symbols in sport enters a new phase, as spreading criticism from ...

There is a growing opposition to the French concept of state secularism or laïcité, the president of the Council of Elders for Secularism has said. Dominique Schnapper, who advises the French ...

Only France bans sports for women who wear the headscarf, under the pretext of fighting ‘separatism’ and in the name of secularism". Wagman also warned: “These bans have very concrete ...