The education minister says female Muslim students will not be allowed to wear the loose-fitting robe.

Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said.

The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.

France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.

Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.

  • njaloEnglish
    1412·
    10 months ago

    I can understand that, the intolerant culture attached to islam really detremental to integration effort and harmony in france, and by that they hope to remove that label in schools, which hopefully will make people interact more across cultural groups, and further integration.

    • bouh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      10 months ago

      That kind of law doesn’t integrate anyone. It actually fuel racism and communautarism.

      What’s good with these topics is that we instantly see who is a fascist though.