A man whose daughter was sent home twice allegedly threatened to kill the headteacher for imposing an abaya dress ban at a French school. The father of the high school student is suspected of making ...

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 ...

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" ...

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 ...

France will ban children in state-run schools from wearing loose-fitting, full-length robes known as abayas, worn by some Muslim women. This is the first major announcement from new Education Minister ...

France’s Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Sunday that the abaya, a long, wide-bottomed dress, would be banned in French schools starting this year. “When you enter a classroom,” Attal ...

France’s highest court on Monday ruled that the government ban on Muslim dress abaya is legal. The Council of State said it had rejected an appeal by three organizations against the government ban ...

France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday ahead of the back-to-school ...

Iannis Roder, a history and geography teacher, agrees with French Education Minister Gabriel Attal's ban on abaya dresses in public schools. He says that the abaya is traditionally worn in order to ...

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 ...