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Marine Le Pen wants to impose a total ban on the Islamic headscarf

From Der Standard · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Marine Le Pen says she would seek a referendum on combating Islamist ideology if elected president next May.
  • Her proposal would include penalties for wearing what she describes as an Islamist headscarf and would remove the garment from public spaces.
  • The proposal faces objections from members of her own party and experts.

Marine Le Pen has returned from the summer recess with a proposal she acknowledges is “complex”: a complete ban on the Islamic headscarf in public spaces.

The right-wing populist said on X that, if elected president next May, she would order a referendum on combating Islamist ideology. The plan would include a penalty for wearing what she calls an “Islamist” headscarf.

complex

— Marine Le PenLe Pen acknowledged the difficulty of the issue while presenting her proposal.

The proposal comes despite objections from within her own party and from experts. Le Pen said she had spent considerable time weighing the issue during the summer recess before putting forward the measure.

Islamist

— Marine Le PenShe used the term to describe the headscarf targeted by her proposed penalty.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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