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Video: Hijab takes centre stage in French presidential campaigns

5/1/2022 12:00 PM
President Emmanuel Macron addresses supporters in Paris after polls close in first round of voting in the French Presidential Election

The hijab took central stage in the French presidential campaign recently with incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right rival Marine Le Pen both questioned about the garment by Muslim women.

Macron and Le Pen go to the polls again at the end of the month as voters decide who will be the country's next president. Find out where the candidates stand on Islam and French Muslims.

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