(Reuters) Ever since Lisa Troadec converted to Islam and began wearing a hijab almost a decade ago, the Frenchwoman says she has been subjected to verbal abuse, dirty stares and tripped in the street. She worries the alienation she feels will only deepen if far-right leader Marine Le Pen wins Sunday’s presidential vote.
Le Pen’s insistence on banning Muslim women from wearing the Islamic headscarf in public spaces would, Troadec said, be an act of discrimination against the strong majority of Muslims like her who adhere to France’s strict secular values.
“I’m genuinely scared that Le Pen wins,” said Troadec, who runs a childcare centre in Paris. “If it happens, I’m not sure what life would look like the next day.”
