(Anadolu) Right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen has pledged to impose a total ban on the wearing of the Muslim headscarf in public places if elected France’s next president.
The leader of the National Rally party, who is currently leading second in polls after President Emmanuel Macron, told BFMTV news on Sunday that she aims to ban the veil or the headscarf worn by Muslim females.
“In reality, I want to extend the law prohibiting the wearing of the veil at school so that it affects the entire public domain,” she said during the interview.
A 2004 law prohibits the wearing or open display of religious symbols in all French schools, but the wearing of the headscarf is not banned in universities or government offices.
