Last June, I faced Jordan Bardella on the show Big Fight facing France on the LCI channel. He then renewed this seemingly simple promise: when the RN comes to power, he will ban the veil, seen as a symbol of political Islam, in public spaces. The statement was reiterated a few days ago, following the controversy generated by the presence of young girls wearing hijabs in school groups visiting the assembly, which caused Bardella to react.
As a French Jew and a scarf myself that I wear on the set of LCI and on the street every day, I felt obliged to react. I asked him a simple question: how do right-wing parties intend to differentiate the “hijab”, which is synonymous with radicalization and the desire to conquer power, from the hijab worn by a peace-loving Muslim, or other religious head coverings, worn by Jews or Christians?
The response, tautological and circular: “The prohibition only concerns the headscarf
