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.

  • Floey@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Plenty of Christians despise the pope and Evangelicals would love to hang queer people and they use all the same symbolism.

    • electrogamerman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      That doesn’t take away that the pope, the head of the religion, plus other members are pushing for same sex couples.

      Show me that happening in muslism.