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.

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Never said it was and never would. Every country has its crazy shit. France’s is just very visible.

      As an American, I can relate to that.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I think they’re more pro French than Americans are pro American. Then again, we could just be seeing right wing French people, and that would be pretty similar to ours.

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          The French fucking love being French, man. Warts and all. They’re a super charming people to me in that way. Their love honestly seems more genuine than a lot of American patriotism to me.

          However, no one on Earth hates their government more than the French. People in open revolt probably bitch less about their government. It’s a very French thing to be as dysfunctional as humanly possible, even if things are going good. Shit, especially then.

          You think Macron had gutted unions and pissed on their ashes Thatcher-style based on the past few months, but he like, raised the equivalent of social security age by like 2 years lol. Like I get disagreeing and voting against that but shit got real.

          French people are amazing. Like that ratchet cousin everyone has

          • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            They have their moments haha. It is very charming, I agree, but it can sometimes go too far, like here.

            I do think it’s worth pointing out though that for all their dislike of government and protests, the social security equivalent still had its age go up by 2 years, and I believe the protests have petered out. Maybe we’ll see it come back in elections, and I’ll happily eat crow if that’s the case. Right now it just seems like a lot of performative anger vs real change.