A video quickly serves as a pretext for a conflagration. On social networks, a woman published a video in which a Geox store manager in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) refuses to employ her because of her wearing the veil. The sequence, five minutes long, quickly exceeded one million views on the social network X and on TikTok. Following this broadcast, the merchant received death threats, while some accused him of Islamophobia, as relayed by Le Figaro.
During this exchange, the woman wearing a hijab (Islamic veil) films the store manager on the phone. “The outfit is not going to the store. She has a veil and doesn’t want to take it off (…) In short, she doesn’t plan to stay”, he explains to the person on the other end of the line. The temporary worker retorts that the manager asked that she leave the premises, accusing him of “distort (ses) propos ».
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After explaining the situation to a woman, the videographer objects to her departure, urged by the merchant. “We’re in a private place, so you grab your things and go out.” Evoking the « loi », the latter explains to her that she does not wear “proper attire”. The young woman leans on « (son) CONTRACT “ in which it is not ” not “ stipulated the ban on the veil to rebel. The video ends after she orders the manager to “change mentality”.
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Wearing the veil authorized in the private sector, under certain conditions
A flood of comments poured in after the video was published. An Internet user called “to boycott Geox”. “Death to them”even threatened another. “A brave one to go the savate? “, asked a social media user relayed by Le Figaro. The controversy also caused the Collective against Islamophobia in Europe (CCIF) to react. This organization, which emanates from the ruins of the former Collective against Islamophobia (CCIF), dissolved by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin in 2020 after the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty, denounced a « discrimination inacceptable ».
In labor law, wearing the veil is authorized, unlike in the public sector. On the other hand, an employer can prohibit the headscarf if it has repercussions on the organization, hygiene or safety at work, mentioned franceinfo in 2019. Since the promulgation of the labor law in 2016, all companies are obliged to include neutrality in their internal regulations.