The French government wants to ban schoolgirls from wearing abayas.
Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced this on television.
Abayas are long and airy traditional Islamic overgarments.
“You will no longer be able to wear abayas,” said Minister of Education Gabriel Attal on Sunday evening on the TF1 station. That seems necessary and fair to him. In France, a debate was recently sparked about whether the robes are clearly religious and should therefore be banned in schools.
Legend:
Abayas are worn by Muslim women when they go out of the house. The outer garments are almost always combined with headscarves, sometimes also with niqabs.
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France sees itself as a secular country in which state and religion are strictly separated. According to estimates, between 3.5 and 6 million Muslims live in the country with around 67 million inhabitants.
As early as 1994, a law came into force that only allowed discreet – but not conspicuous – religious symbols in schools. Ten years later, headscarves were completely banned in schools – but not kippahs and crosses. In 2010, full face veils were banned in public.
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