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.

  • bricEnglish
    223·
    10 months ago

    And that’s bad. Can we agree that making a dress compulsory and making a dress banned are both bad, because they both restrict choice?

    • gnygnygnyEnglish
      42·
      10 months ago

      I agree let’s promote shorty and crop top in Quatar.