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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

France set to ban Muslim students from wearing abaya in state schools

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France is all set to ban Muslim abaya dress – a full-length, loose-fitting billowy robe worn by some Muslim women as a sign of piety – in state schools, the country’s education minister said ahead of the upcoming school season.

French education minister Gabriel Attal said in an interview on Sunday that he would ban Muslim schoolgirls from wearing the abaya in classrooms.

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