2023-06-27 10:31:26
The day after the examination by the Council of State of an appeal against the French Football Federation (FFF), which prohibits women from playing veiled, Gérald Darmanin said to himself, Tuesday, June 27, “very opposite” to grant them the right to wear the hijab during football competitions.
The collective of Hijabeuses challenged Monday before the administrative justice article 1 of the regulations of the FFF, which prohibits “any wearing of a sign or outfit ostensibly manifesting a political, philosophical, religious or trade union affiliation”.
The Minister of the Interior denounced on RTL “community associations”who want “not to defend a very noble cause, which is freedom of worship”but give “a blow against the Republic”.
Decision within three weeks
“You don’t have to wear religious clothes when you play sports. (…). When you play football, you don’t have to know the religion of the person in front of you.”, he insisted. The Council of State will make its decision within three weeks.
During the hearing, the public rapporteur, who says the law and whose opinion is generally followed, went in the direction of the collective. He recommended the cancellation of this article 1 and asked that the FFF modify its regulations. “The Council of State is an extremely wise body. I deeply hope for the Republic that they will keep neutrality on the sports fields”concluded the minister.
In 2012, Gérald Darmanin, then a UMP deputy, wrote to the sports minister at the time, Valérie Fourneyron, to ban the wearing of the veil on football pitches in France, in response to FIFA, which wanted to authorize it. . Since 2014, the world football body has allowed players to play in international competitions while wearing the veil.
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