Muslim leaders have reacted with anger to a sudden move by the French government to ban the abaya in state schools. The loose-fitting long robe is considered too closely linked with Islam by Gabriel ...

Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against ...

French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas - an over-garment from the shoulders to the feet worn by Muslim women - on the first day of the school year, a government ...

At the Vigneux-sur-Seine media library in Essonne, a southern suburb of Paris, the atmosphere is deceptively studious on this afternoon of 28 August. Seated at a table, Hassina and Besma, both 15 ...

The loose-fitting, full-length dresses are sometimes worn by Muslim women. In France, the education minister stressed the religion of school pupils should not be identified at sight. France will ban ...

Authorities in France are mulling to prohibit women from wearing abaya dresses in schools which is worn by some Muslims, as the education minister cited violation of the country's "strict secular" ...

French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said on Sunday, arguing the garment violated France’s strict secular laws in ...

France is set to implement a ban on the wearing of abaya dresses by Muslim women in school settings, according to Education Minister Gabriel Attal. The decision is rooted in France's commitment to ...

France's education minister has banned the wearing of the popular long robe known as the abaya in schools. He says it is a symbol of Islam. As students in France return to school this week, some have ...