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- Muslims in France have criticized her for supporting French secularism to the detriment of Islam. She denies that, of course, and says she loosened restrictions on Muslim mothers wearing head scarves during school activities, like field trips.
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Feb 20, 2015 · By Aida Alami. Feb. 20, 2015. PARIS — IN late January, shortly after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem sat in her office lined with gold leaf in the 18th-century Hôtel...
- Aida Alami
In 2016, Vallaud-Belkacem was publicly criticized by Prime Minister Manuel Valls after she spoke out against the government's local decrees that ban women from wearing full-body swimsuits – so-called burkinis – on the beach, arguing the ban was "dangerous for national cohesion." Personal attacks
Apr 1, 2015 · Vallaud-Belkacem, who describes herself as a “nonpracticing Muslim,” dismisses the incidents. “Their stock-in-trade is to be racist and xenophobic,” she says of the magazines.
May 17, 2015 · In an interview, Ms Vallaud Belkacem accused the right – and implicitly Mr Sarkozy – of “disinformation”, “intellectual dishonesty” and “trying to wind up public opinion”.
- John Lichfield
Apr 23, 2016 · A recent opinion poll conducted by a French newspaper showed that Najat Vallaud-Belkacem had become the country’s second most popular politician in France. She has meticulously blazed a trail...
Nov 2, 2020 · The pandemic is yet another illustration of the obstacles to gender equality that remain, explains Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, gender equality advocate and ONE’s France director. Najat argues that the pandemic has left “women rendered invisible” and has “significantly worsened” their living conditions.
May 22, 2015 · French teachers went on strike on May 19 to voice their disapproval of two major reforms that have been proposed by Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the French education...
