The education minister says female Muslim students will not be allowed to wear the loose-fitting robe.

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 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.

Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.

  • EstebiuEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    My parents are Catholics, and it’s also for that that I’ve begun disliking religions altogether.

    Is banning dresses at a state-level a thing that shouldn’t ever happen? Yes.

    Do I agree with the banning of a robe that strips women of their identity? Still yes.

    We humans are contradictory existencies

    • @SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Lol I like to joke that nothing turns you against Catholicism (or religion in general) like growing up Catholic.

      I’m a hardliner on freedom and (safe) expression, full stop, but I def get where you’re coming from.