The company said it had received more than 500 calls and e-mails regarding the RunningHijab and that some staff in its stores had been insulted and threatened.
A Moroccan advert for Decathlon's running hijab, which was set to go on sale in 49 countries in March.In the latest move against how Muslim women choose to dress in France, public pressure has led to sports retail company Decathlon pulling plans to sell a running hijab.The company said it had received more than 500 calls and e-mails regarding the running hijab and that some staff in its stores had been insulted and threatened.
The running hijab is already on sale in Morocco, a predominantly Muslim country, and was set to go on sale in 49 other countries in March. Just as in 2016, when authorities in 15 French towns banned burkinis politicians claimed that wearing the running hijab ran counter to the country's secular values.
Aheda Zanetti, designer of the burkini, adjusts one of the swimsuits on model Salwa Elrashid at her fashion store in Sydney.The ban of the burkini followed a succession of Islamic extremist attacks in France and was defended as necessary to protect the population. A ruling by the state council, France’s highest administrative court, said the burkini would offend the religious and nonreligious convictions of other beachgoers.
The running hijab that Decathlon planned to introduce to its stores was not the first of its kind. Nike has sold a version, the Nike Pro Hijab, since December 2017.
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