Macron's La Republique en Marche (LREM) clarified that in secular France, there should be no place for the overt display of religious symbols like the Hijab on electoral campaign documents
On March 7, during the referendum, 51% of the voters in Switzerland cast their vote favouring banning people from covering their faces completely in public places
A Muslim girl named Najah Aqeel was banned from participating in a high school volleyball match for wearing a hijab without securing an authorisation for doing so.