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.

  • WorldWideLem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    10 months ago

    No problem meaning they shouldn’t care about not being able to wear it? Or that the French government shouldn’t care in the first place?

    • Kraivo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55·
      10 months ago

      If it wasn’t religious sign, French government wouldn’t care about it