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.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
    English
    1649·
    10 months ago

    I seriously doubt it. And I’m sure if it is, no one enforces it.

    Edit: y’all can vote me down all day, but the law says “ostentacious religious insignia,” and I’m sure a little cross has been overlooked many times.

      • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
        169·
        10 months ago

        No it isn’t. The 2004 law banned “large” crosses and allowed small ones but banned ALL hijabs.

        It was never equally enforced.

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          44·
          10 months ago

          Allowed small ones, obscured by clothing.

          A necklace under your shirt is fine. That applies as equally to a cross as it does to an islamic moon and star.

          They just aren’t allowed to be massive so that they’re visible even under some clothing.

          • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            10 months ago

            The law is already unequal and discriminatory and that’s before we even get to the unequal enforcement. Muslims are sent home from school while Christians are not for the same rule violations (e.g. Christians in France who observe Ash Wednesday).

          • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
            22·
            10 months ago

            Don’t you think it’s culturally biased? The norm for Christians is a small cross necklace. The norm for Muslims is not. Isn’t it quite convenient that the exception fits well with one religion but not the other?

      • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
        English
        53·
        10 months ago

        Actually,

        ostentacious religious insignia

        Up for debate.

    • RobotDrZaius@kbin.social
      296·
      10 months ago

      Maybe you should be less confident about things you don’t know. In this particular regard, the French are quite consistent.

      • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
        English
        34·
        10 months ago

        ostentacious religious insignia

        That’s the law. That’s pretty vague. So, I’m pretty confident not everyone is enforcing a tiny cross necklace.

        • mothersprotege@lemm.eeEnglish
          22·
          10 months ago

          If you’re going to copy and paste something several times, and are representing it as a quotation from law, maybe spell-check it? Also, I think there are good arguments to be made on both sides of this issue, but comparing an inconspicuous piece of jewelry to an abaya seems disingenuous. If small crosses were allowed, but small star and crescents weren’t, that would obviously be wrong.

          • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
            English
            22·
            10 months ago

            It’s a quote. It’s copy and paste. If someone spelled it wrong, it’s not me.

            Either way. If a tiny cross is allowed and a tiny star is not, that’s bad.

            No symbols should be allowed of any kind. 🤷‍♂️

            I wonder how they handle tattoos.