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

As some question whether the abaya is in fact a form of religious dress, lawyers have warned schools to be careful not to penalize students for wearing garments that do not have a clear religious ...

France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing ...

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 schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas - an over-garment from the shoulders to the feet worn by Muslim women - on the first day of the school year.

France’s government has announced that it will ban abayas — the long, flowing dresses worn by some Muslim women — in public schools, kicking off a fierce national debate about secularism ...

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 ...

France goes back to school with abaya ban as government mulls uniforms Some 300 French students wore abayas on the first day of school, days after the Education Minister announced their banning.

If D&G's hijabs and abayas prove a hit, expect to see more household-name labels following suit. And expect to see more retailers tailoring their operations to the needs of the Middle Eastern ...

BEIRUT — Saudi campaigners have urged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to loosen the conservative kingdom's strict dress code after women took to social media wearing their abayas inside out in ...

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 ...