The French government wants abayas -- over-garments worn by some Muslim women -- banned from schools — Nicolas TUCAT France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban ...

Female students will no longer be allowed to wear the loose-fitting abaya dress favoured by some Muslim women. The move comes almost 20 years after France banned headscarves from state schools.

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 ...

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 ...

France will ban the abaya, a loose-fitting robe worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools. The country has a history of enforcing strict bans on religious signs in schools and has struggled to ...

Muslim leaders have reacted with anger to a sudden move by the French government to ban the abaya in state schools. The loose-fitting long robe is considered too closely linked with Islam by Gabriel ...

France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, is legal. President Emmanuel Macron's government ...

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

Female students will no longer be allowed to wear the loose-fitting abaya dress favoured by some Muslim women, Sky News reports. The move comes almost 20 years after France banned headscarves from ...

President Emmanuel Macron's government announced last month it was banning the abaya in schools as it broke the rules on secularism in education. Muslim headscarves have already banned on the ground ...