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 ...

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 ...

The loose-fitting, full-length dresses are sometimes worn by Muslim women. In France, the education minister stressed the religion of school pupils should not be identified at sight. France will ban ...

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" ...

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 ...

France's Education Minister Gabriel Attal in Paris on August 24, 2023. EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP French authorities are to ban the wearing in school premises of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim students, ...

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 ...

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 ...

France will ban children in state-run schools from wearing loose-fitting, full-length robes known as abayas, worn by some Muslim women. This is the first major announcement from new Education Minister ...

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 ...