A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in ...

Two women detained for wearing Islamic veils on day ban takes effect. April 11, 2011— -- Muslim women defied France's new ban on full-face veils today and two protesters were arrested outside ...

A basketball player was sidelined for her headscarf. France may now ban them in all sports Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because rules in several ...

PARIS (AP) — Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before. On that Sunday morning, she and her teammates had completed a three-hour bus trip ...