Students will be banned from wearing abaya, a loose-fitting full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said.
The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.
France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.
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So in France, a Catholic sister who wants to further her education cannot wear the sisters dress to any state tertiary institution? In any case, who told the French authorities that it is only Moslem women who wear 'abayas". If a lady who doesn't belong to any religion were to go into any 'abaya' store to buy one, will the store owner refuse to sell to her? Some of the African players who ply their trade in France have no educational certificates but sometimes wear political suits. Will such players in political suits be denied entry into some offices in France because political suits are associated with the elite in society. This directive is highly discriminatory. Those third world countries who are said to be backward are rather the ones that accommodate all shades of people, the so called first world countries are the ones behaving like backward societies. France should equally deny any Catholic sister from entering state institutions with their head gears on. Mary, the mother of Jesus always had her head gear on at least from the pictures we have seen. Can the French explain this with its 88% catholic population meaning France is a highly religious society.