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.

  • @Leer10@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2•10 months ago

    It’s letting children wear headcoverings. I don’t see how that’s religiously infringing on non headscarf wearers.

    • @0ddysseus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4•10 months ago

      Its infringing on those children’s right to have a sane, rational upbringing in which they aren’t oppressed by old men and used as social currency, which their only value being their bodies