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.

  • iAmTheTot
    11•1 year ago

    Choose their own path by checks notes telling them what they can’t wear.

    • Hank
      -4•1 year ago

      Yeah you basically just repeated your first argument. Good job.

      • @killeronthecornerEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        It’s a good argument that you’ve failed to address adequately. Seems worth the repeating.