In a context of escalating state-sponsored Islamophobia, the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) is determined to bring healthcare workers to heel by repressing a nurse who refused to remove her surgical cap. Faced with this racist violence, solidarity and mobilization are urgently needed. ---- In November 2025, Majdouline B., a nurse at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, was dismissed by the AP-HP. The courts suspended her dismissal in early January, but the AP-HP management is determined and returned to the attack on January 31, suspending her for eight months. Majdouline's offense? Refusing to remove her surgical cap, the headwear worn by a large portion of the healthcare staff.
While the public hospital system is on its last legs and desperately short of staff, the AP-HP (Paris Public Hospitals) is indulging its Islamophobia by suspending the nurse. This is not an isolated case: healthcare workers perceived as Muslim are regularly ordered to remove their skullcaps. Since Majdouline refused to remove her head covering, the AP-HP management is determined to make an example of her to bring all staff into line. Majdouline B.'s initial dismissal was suspended by the courts thanks to a massive union mobilization.
The Libertarian Communist Union condemns the Islamophobic policies of the AP-HP management and offers its support to Majdouline B., as well as to all victims of Islamophobia in the workplace. In hospitals, as in sports, education, and many other sectors, the hunt for real or perceived Muslims serves as justification for the most blatant employer and state arbitrariness. Hierarchies are taking it upon themselves to dictate clothing and hunt down the slightest sign of perceived Islam. The absurdity of these petty prohibitions should not obscure the sinister nature of the political project: to hunt down any visible Muslim presence, everywhere and at all times.
Faced with this apartheid logic, let no one be left alone to face the racist steamroller. Mass union and political mobilization against Islamophobic laws and regulations, from the 2004 law to Islamophobic dismissals, is urgently needed. The Libertarian Communist Union supports all initiatives that contribute to its development, including the rally called by the CGT in front of Tenon Hospital on Friday, February 13th at 2 pm to denounce the Islamophobic repression that the hospital is carrying out under the guise of secularism.
Libertarian Communist Union, February 6, 2026.
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Chasse-aux-couvre-chefs-l-AP-HP-persiste-dans-son-islamophobie
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Link: (en) France, UCL Press Release - Headwear Hunt: AP-HP Persists in its Islamophobia (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
Source: A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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