Mum In French Hijab Row To Sue Politicians For Racism
Sumaira FH Published October 17, 2019 | 10:00 AM
Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Oct, 2019 ) :The French woman at the centre of a new row over the wearing of an Islamic hijab in public places is taking legal action against the far-right politicians who criticised her, the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) said Wednesday.
The controversy erupted last week when she wore a headscarf during a school trip with her son and other children to the regional parliament in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in eastern France.
Julien Odoul, a member of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) party, caused widespread outrage when he posted a video on Twitter of him confronting the woman.
Citing "secular principles" in the wake of the killings in Paris this month of four police staff, he insisted that she remove her headscarf.
Members of the RN then walked out of the chamber before issuing a press statement.
The CCIF said the woman would file a complaint with prosecutors in the city of Dijon on Thursday over "violence of a racial nature committed.
.. by persons with public authority." And a second complaint would be filed in Paris on Friday for "incitement of racial hatred," CCIF said in a statement.
The woman's lawyer, Sana Ben Hadj, said her client had felt "humiliated" by the incident because images of her had been shared widely.
"It's not just a question of secularism, but of racism, trying to exclude Muslims from the Republic," the lawyer said.
"Without her, this school trip could not have taken place. There were no other parents who could make themselves available."The row is the latest in France over face and body-covering garments which many perceive as inappropriate in a secular country while others argue the garments allow Muslim women to be active participants in French society.
On Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron said Muslims should not be "stigmatised" and warned about making a "fatal shortcut" between islam and the fight against terrorism.
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