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.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    I seriously doubt it. And I’m sure if it is, no one enforces it.

    Edit: y’all can vote me down all day, but the law says “ostentacious religious insignia,” and I’m sure a little cross has been overlooked many times.

    • nicktron
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      301 year ago

      It is 100% banned. Any religious apparel or trinkets are banned.

      • @SulaymanF
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        71 year ago

        No it isn’t. The 2004 law banned “large” crosses and allowed small ones but banned ALL hijabs.

        It was never equally enforced.

        • @TheGrandNagus
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          01 year ago

          Allowed small ones, obscured by clothing.

          A necklace under your shirt is fine. That applies as equally to a cross as it does to an islamic moon and star.

          They just aren’t allowed to be massive so that they’re visible even under some clothing.

          • @SulaymanF
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            11 year ago

            The law is already unequal and discriminatory and that’s before we even get to the unequal enforcement. Muslims are sent home from school while Christians are not for the same rule violations (e.g. Christians in France who observe Ash Wednesday).

          • @assassin_aragorn
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            01 year ago

            Don’t you think it’s culturally biased? The norm for Christians is a small cross necklace. The norm for Muslims is not. Isn’t it quite convenient that the exception fits well with one religion but not the other?

    • RobotDrZaius
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      241 year ago

      Maybe you should be less confident about things you don’t know. In this particular regard, the French are quite consistent.

      • @[email protected]
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        -11 year ago

        ostentacious religious insignia

        That’s the law. That’s pretty vague. So, I’m pretty confident not everyone is enforcing a tiny cross necklace.

        • @afraid_of_zombies
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          If I was a French teenager I would wear a cross to school and claim it was a T.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          If you’re going to copy and paste something several times, and are representing it as a quotation from law, maybe spell-check it? Also, I think there are good arguments to be made on both sides of this issue, but comparing an inconspicuous piece of jewelry to an abaya seems disingenuous. If small crosses were allowed, but small star and crescents weren’t, that would obviously be wrong.

          • @[email protected]
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            01 year ago

            It’s a quote. It’s copy and paste. If someone spelled it wrong, it’s not me.

            Either way. If a tiny cross is allowed and a tiny star is not, that’s bad.

            No symbols should be allowed of any kind. 🤷‍♂️

            I wonder how they handle tattoos.