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.

  • @CookieJarObserver
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    -110 months ago

    Tbh true, yet still not everything in france is bad

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      10 months ago

      Never said it was and never would. Every country has its crazy shit. France’s is just very visible.

      As an American, I can relate to that.