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.

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    1 year ago

    France has never once, in the history of the country, ever given half a shit about doing the right thing or not disenfranchising people.

    They have a very cool history but France is a shit show top to bottom.

    Basically all of their governing tenets only exist to prevent the French from just living in a state of constant revolution.

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        1 year ago

        Never said it was and never would. Every country has its crazy shit. France’s is just very visible.

        As an American, I can relate to that.