France is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government announced Sunday, with a top official calling them a "political attack" and an attempt to convert people to ...

France is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government announced Sunday, with a top official calling them a "political attack" and an attempt to convert people to ...

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

Why should a teenage girl not be able to express her religious beliefs and at the same time pursue an education at school? It is a tough question, but one to which the French believe they have an ...

Saudi Arabian woman Manahel al-Otaibi walks on a Riyadh street in 2019 without the customary body-shrouding abaya - Copyright AFP/File FAYEZ NURELDINE Saudi Arabian ...

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

The French government plans to ban the wearing of abaya dresses in schools, citing the violation of secular laws. Education Minister Gabriel Attal stated that clear rules would be provided to school ...