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.

  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They have their moments haha. It is very charming, I agree, but it can sometimes go too far, like here.

    I do think it’s worth pointing out though that for all their dislike of government and protests, the social security equivalent still had its age go up by 2 years, and I believe the protests have petered out. Maybe we’ll see it come back in elections, and I’ll happily eat crow if that’s the case. Right now it just seems like a lot of performative anger vs real change.