Muslim leaders have reacted with anger to a sudden move by the French government to ban the abaya in state schools. The loose-fitting long robe is considered too closely linked with Islam by Gabriel ...

Authorities in France are mulling to prohibit women from wearing abaya dresses in schools which is worn by some Muslims, as the education minister cited violation of the country's "strict secular" ...

A man whose daughter was sent home twice allegedly threatened to kill the headteacher for imposing an abaya dress ban at a French school. The father of the high school student is suspected of making ...

Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against ...

France's education minister has banned the wearing of the popular long robe known as the abaya in schools. He says it is a symbol of Islam. As students in France return to school this week, some have ...

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 students, ...

French education minister Gabriel Attal said on Sunday that the authorities will ban the wearing of abaya dresses by Muslim women in schools, according to a report by AFP. He argued that the garment ...

Iannis Roder, a history and geography teacher, agrees with French Education Minister Gabriel Attal's ban on abaya dresses in public schools. He says that the abaya is traditionally worn in order to ...

France is all set to ban Muslim abaya dress – a full-length, loose-fitting billowy robe worn by some Muslim women as a sign of piety – in state schools, the country’s education minister said ahead of ...

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