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French education minister bans Muslim abayas at state schools

Newly appointed education minister Gabriel Attal said that the wearing of long, flowing dresses favoured by some Muslim women would no longer be allowed when the new term begins next week because they violated the French principle of secularism, or laïcité.

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France is to ban girls in state schools from wearing abayas, sparking a fresh row over secularism and women’s clothing, reports The Guardian.

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