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French lawmakers mull banning headscarves in sport while Amnesty International says it’s discriminatory

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The bill is backed by right-wing senators and will be debated from Tuesday in the upper house of the French parliament.

It aims to ban all “ostensibly religious” clothing and symbols during competitions.

Amnesty International says the move would be discriminatory.

France enforces a strict principle of ” laicite, loosely translated as “secularism”.