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 ...

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 ...

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 will ban children from wearing the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women – in state-run schools, the country’s education minister has said ahead of the ...

French authorities are imposing a newly announced ban on the Muslim abaya dress for women in schools, with over 500 establishments under scrutiny as children across the country return to class.

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 ...

France's Education Minister announces ban on abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women. Elad Benari Aug 27, 2023, 11:50 PM (GMT+3) France Abaya. Woman in abaya iStock.

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 ...

Girl's father threatens to kill headteacher for enforcing abaya dress ban at French school - after his daughter twice ignored the rule. The abaya dress ban came into action on Wednesday ...

Abaya controversy tests limits of France’s law banning religious ... “They talk about ‘modest dress,’ but it looks a lot like a Trojan horse of Islamist entryism,” Le Parisien newspaper ...