![France’s 5.7 million-strong minority Muslim population is the largest in Europe [File: Thibault Camus/AP Photo]](http://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP_21045591417631.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
As part of the ‘anti-separatism’ bill, the French Senate has voted for outlawing the headscarf for minors in public.
![Mohamed's post on Instagram criticising a move by French senators last month to restrict girls under the age of 18 from wearing the hijab in public was liked more than 175,000 times [Rawdah Mohamed/Instagram]](http://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screenshot-2021-05-13-at-12.41.20-PM.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Bioreports speaks to Rawdah Mohamed, the model behind a viral Instagram post during the #HandsOffMyHijab movement.
Blazing a trail: UK’s first hijab-wearing firefighter
