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.

  • bouh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    If there was a uniform at school it would be different. Here it’s fashion police. Specifically targeted at Arab culture.

    It’s an atheist theocracy. Also called fascism.

    • EvilZionistEatingChildren@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      It’s obviously targeted, but at religion not a specific ethnic group. Moreover, that law will make those pupils look like anyone else, so if anything, this will reduce the stigma

      • bouh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        It’s not targeted at religion because it’s not a religious dress. Ergo it’s a culture that’s targeted and it’s blatant racism.

        Stigmatising people for their culture or religion never integrate them.

        We should teach fascists how to read what’s written on our townhall though.