France’s Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Sunday that the abaya, a long, wide-bottomed dress, would be banned in French schools starting this year. “When you enter a classroom ...

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France bans the abaya dress from being worn in schools, sparking fury from Muslim leaders. The sudden move has angered religious leaders across the country ...

French schools send home dozens of Muslim schoolgirls for refusing to remove their abayas on first day of term - defying classroom ban on Islamic dress Nearly 300 girls showed up to school in ...

PARIS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on ...

Court to rule on French abaya Muslim dress ban. Paris (AFP) – France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some ...

Imane also wonders how school administrators will distinguish between a long dress and an abaya. "Perhaps by the colour of the skin and the names of those who wear them," she suggests.

France's Education Minister Gabriel Attal in Paris on August 24, 2023. EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP. French authorities are to ban the wearing in school premises of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim ...

The sociologist Agnès De Féo warns that banning the abaya dress from schools could prove counterproductive. Wednesday, June 25, 2025 4:27 am (Paris) Navigation. Go Back to the HomePage.

PARIS - France will ban children from wearing the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women – in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday ahead of ...

French court to rule on legality of abaya Muslim dress ban. Paris (AFP) – France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments ...

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