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.

  • EvilHaitianEatingYourCatEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    It’s clearly associated with religion, so technical details do not matter. This law is literally erasing the difference between all, stop repeating the same argument guys, it’s not stigmatizing anyone because they all damn look the same

    • @bouhEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      No point explaining racism to a racist I guess…

      • EvilHaitianEatingYourCatEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Yeah pretty easy to throw around insults instead of elaborating, but who cares now