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.

  • bouh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    10 months ago

    They banned crosses for Christians because they ban Muslim headwear. They had to do something for Christian or it would have been the most obvious racism.

    • Cornpop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      Read the article. Crosses have been banned for a long time, before the Muslim headwear.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        10 months ago

        There’s an exception for the most common kind of religious expression for Christians. Small crosses are permitted. If you want to be fair, you need to ban them too.

    • Cornpop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      Read the article. Crosses have been banned for a long time, before the Muslim headwear.