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.

  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    167·
    1 year ago

    this ban is as dumb as banning heavy metal, dungeons and dragons, skateboards, backwards baseball caps, etc etc

    it’s all just trying to look tough enough to court right wing racists on targets too vulnerable to fight back.

    if you want to protect vulnerable young girls, you don’t start by ostracising them from the community.