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.

  • @finkratEnglish
    -1•1 year ago

    So what is the solution for religious families then? Are they forced to private institutions/homeschool?

      • @[email protected]English
        3•1 year ago

        I’m interested to know if there’s any kind of religious education in the French school system?

        In the UK I was in a CofE school (Christian) but our Religious Education classes taught about all religions pretty equally.

      • @finkratEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        So violate their faith for school? That’s not an ideal solution