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
    717·
    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.

    • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      68·
      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
        63·
        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.

        • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          53·
          1 year ago

          It’s clearly associated with religion, so technical details do not matter. This law is literally erasing the difference between all, stop repeating the same argument guys, it’s not stigmatizing anyone because they all damn look the same