Paris 2024 - Files - France Struggles With Its Hijab Rules For Opening Ceremony
File photo dated June 28, 2024 of Sylla Sounkamba Stade Lavallois Heat 400 M Women during the French Athletics Championships 2024 at Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers, France. French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country's secularism laws, they said on Wednesday. Thousands of athletes, including some who wear a hijab, are arriving for the Paris Olympics, placing an international spotlight on tensions in France over national identity and perceived discrimination against Muslims. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA003041371
- Registered date
- 2024/6/28 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Lairys Laurent/ABACA
- Media size
- 5400 × 3600 pixel
- Deployment size
- 992.14(KB)*
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