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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 to ban abayas in state schools 05:21. France is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government announced Sunday, with a top official calling them a ...

France’s highest court on Thursday upheld the government’s ban on students in public schools from wearing the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, in a decision that ...

In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting symbol of chastity and dignity. With designers giving it a modern and ...

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 ...

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 ...

French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said Sunday, arguing the garment violated France's strict secular laws in ...

Abaya ban in French schools: Top court gives government legal boost On Thursday, the Conseil d'Etat rejected the appeal lodged by a Muslim rights organization. Other appeals are underway.