France to ban abayas in state-run schools
Female students will not be allowed to wear abayas in state-run schools across France, the country's education minister has announced.
The directive will be enforced with the beginning of the new academic year on September 4. An abaya is a full-length loose-fitting robe worn by Muslim women.
"I have decided that the abaya could no longer be worn in schools," Gabriel Attal, education minister, told France's TF1 TV.
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