France: Polling official in regional elections demoted for wearing headscarf

By Esra Taskin   PARIS (AA): A top polling official during France’s regional elections last Sunday was demoted from her post for wearing a headscarf, according to official statements and French local media. Rachida Kabbouri, a Muslim municipal councilor of the European Ecology – The Greens (EELV) party in Vitry-sur-Seine in the greater Paris Ile-de-France region, was appointed head of […]