File photo: Loic Venance/AFPThe Local · 23 Aug 2016, 14:00Published: 23 Aug 2016 14:00 GMT+02:00A Toulouse woman says she was told to pay a fine or leave a Cannes beach for wearing a headscarf, French media reported. The woman, originally from Toulouse, was wearing leggings, a tunic and her hijab - a headscarf covering her hair - while at La Bocca beach with her family. "I wasn't there to provoke anyone," the mother, named as Siam, told French news magazine L'Obs. She said that three police officers approached her on the beach and told her she had to remove her headscarf or pay a fine. Siam said the incident left her feeling "humiliated" and that she felt she was fined simply for being a Muslim.

Source: The Local August 23, 2016 14:08 UTC