(AFP) Muslim voters are increasingly worried about the prospect of a far-right victory less than two weeks before France’s snap parliamentary elections, fearing the possible restrictions that could follow.
For Sarah, there’s a “real risk” of seeing the National Rally (RN) win the ballot, called by President Emmanuel Macron after the far-right party trounced his centrists in early June’s EU elections.
The 23-year-old member of a Muslim women’s collective told AFP that would give the party of Marine Le Pen free rein to pass laws restricting her freedoms in matters of dress and worship.
The RN has made no secret of its hostility to ritual slaughter, which would effectively ban halal and kosher meat.
