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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