It was perhaps inevitable, but planned tributes in France following the death of Pope Francis have led to a row about the ...

The headscarf controversy in Turkish Cypriot schools after a regulation governing school dress was changed to authorise schoolgirls to cover their heads raises human rights issues the European Court ...

Muslim athletes in France are raising concerns as the government considers banning the hijab for athletes in competitions.

The vote is expected to reignite the ongoing debate surrounding secularism in France, a principle enshrined in the 1905 law separating church and state. Currently, French sporting federations have ...

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 ...

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 ...

"It's frustrating because all we want is to do sport." Under France's secular system, civil servants, teachers, pupils and athletes representing France abroad cannot wear obvious religious symbols ...