France is set to implement a ban on the wearing of abaya dresses by Muslim women in school settings, according to Education Minister Gabriel Attal. The decision is rooted in France's commitment to ...

At the Vigneux-sur-Seine media library in Essonne, a southern suburb of Paris, the atmosphere is deceptively studious on this afternoon of 28 August. Seated at a table, Hassina and Besma, both 15 ...

The return to school this year has seen yet another controversy concerning Muslim dress for women. The abaya is set to become a national cause since Gabriel Attal's declaration on August 27 that "the ...

Authorities in France are mulling to prohibit women from wearing abaya dresses in schools which is worn by some Muslims, as the education minister cited violation of the country's "strict secular" ...

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

France's education minister has banned the wearing of the popular long robe known as the abaya in schools. He says it is a symbol of Islam. As students in France return to school this week, some have ...

State council rejected complaints that ban was discriminatory and could incite hatred against Muslims France’s top administrative court has upheld a government ban on girls in state schools wearing ...

AI Quick Read French education minister Gabriel Attal said on Sunday that the authorities will ban the wearing of abaya dresses by Muslim women in schools, according to a report by AFP. He argued that ...

Girls who refused to remove banned garment given letter saying ‘secularism is not a constraint, it is a liberty’, says minister On the first day of the new academic year French schools sent home ...