{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Islam, laicism and gender: France\u2019s endless debate - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IXzIdMc4cV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/09\/25\/islam-laicism-and-gender-frances-endless-debate\/\">Islam, laicism and gender: France\u2019s endless debate<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/09\/25\/islam-laicism-and-gender-frances-endless-debate\/embed\/#?secret=IXzIdMc4cV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Islam, laicism and gender: France\u2019s endless debate&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"IXzIdMc4cV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Leila-Slimani-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"Alfonso Casani \u2013 FUNCI Last week (September 17th), the debate on the hijab or Islamic veil opened once again in France. The hijab has been one the most controversial topics of the last decade, a recurrent issue that show the difficulties found by political leaders and the French legal system to find a solution that satisfies the whole of society. The debate and its arguments comprise different approaches, from feminism to laicism, but also racism and Islamophobia, and the survival of a colonial approach to the female Muslim body and the place Islam holds in France. At the heart of the debate we find the French society\u2019s inability to adapt to an increasingly multicultural society. The recent controversy began when MP Anne-Christine Lang, member of the political party La Republique en Marche, led by the country\u2019s President Emmanuel Macron, left a parliamentary commission at the French National Assembly in protest for the participation of a student wearing a hijab. The action was supported by several of her colleagues, who also condemned the clothes worn by the young student taking the floor. She was Maryam Pougetoux, current spokeswoman of the student national union UNEF, who was participating in a commission in ..."}