One report found that But understanding why the hijab is the site of so much controversy in France also requires understanding the deep history behind the debate. On social media, the hashtag HandsOffMyHijab has become a rallying cry to protest the amendment, started by Somali-Norwegian model Rawdah Mohamed, who used the phrase in a now-viral Instagram post to call out the potential ban.
Al-Saji notes that these laws were influential in emphasizing difference for the Muslim majority in Algeria; for example, while Jewish Algerian natives were recognized as French citizens in with the Cremieux Decree, Muslim Algerian natives were not eligible for French citizenship unless they renounced their religion and culture and adopted a French identity. This belief manifested itself drastically in the attitude toward Algerian Muslim women, who were seen as both oppressed and exotic.
This dynamic is perhaps best illustrated during the Algerian War of Independence, when a series of public unveiling ceremonies were organized in During these ceremonies, many of which were arranged by the French army, Algerian women removed their haiks traditional wraps worn by North African women or had them removed by European women, before throwing them to the ground or burning them.
Often, speeches were given afterwards in support of the French and the emancipation of Muslim women. While these highly-publicized ceremonies were framed as spaces of empowerment for Muslim women, other accounts of this history tell a different story. A woman, wearing a hijab and a protective face mask, walks at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, May 2, Picture taken on May 2, The amendment to an 'anti-separatism' bill designed to strengthen France's secular values and which applies to girls under 18 has drawn outrage and prompted an online protest under the hashtag HandsOffMyHijab PasToucheAMonHijab that went viral beyond French borders.
To force me to remove it would be a humiliation," Chourak said. The place of religion and religious symbols worn in public is a long-running matter of controversy in France, a staunchly secular country and home to Europe's largest Muslim minority.
France prohibited the wearing of Islamic headscarves in state schools in In , it banned the niqab, the full-face Islamic veil, in public places such as streets, parks, public transport, and administrative buildings. The draft law put forward by the government seeks, among other things, to implement stricter monitoring of the country's mosques and schools. It would also make it easier to clamp down on websites deemed to be promoting hate speech.
So, who suggested banning the hijab? However, the banning of the hijab was not proposed. It was only introduced as an amendment by the Senate, France's upper house, which is controlled by conservatives. In the Senate, voted in favour while were opposed. But in France, the lower house has the final vote on legislation and is unlikely to back the move. The Senate also proposed adding to the initial government bill by banning mothers from wearing hijabs on schools trips and prohibiting the burkini swimsuit in swimming pools.
What was the reaction? Many governments have been on the wrong side of liberation and equality before," she wrote on her Instagram account on April 4. The hijab ban is hateful rhetoric coming from the highest level of government and will go down as an enormous failure of religious values and equality. Will the proposals be passed?
It is very unlikely to become law. Previous efforts by the Senate to introduce similar measures failed. He said that while the Senate is controlled by France's main conservative party, the lower house is run by the party of President Emmanuel Macron.
While it was Mr Macron's government that formulated the initial bill, the amendments tabled by the Senate — including the hijab ban — made many in the party uncomfortable.
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