The education minister says female Muslim students will not be allowed to wear the loose-fitting robe.

Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said.

The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.

France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.

Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.

    • visak@lemmy.worldEnglish
      134·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know the law in France, but I’d worry it’ll cause religious parents to just keep their kids out of state school and do some form of private religious education, causing a greater divide. The best counter to these attitudes is exposure to diversity and other viewpoints. Maybe the kids going to school and seeing that there are other ways is better.

      • Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        “Maybe the kids going to school and seeing there are other ways is better”. Yeah, but they aren’t the ones deciding how they dress. They parents are the ones that do.

        • visak@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          1 year ago

          Of course. And if the parents dress them in that and keep them isolated the kids will pass that on to the next generation. If the kids go to school and see there are other options, maybe they’ll choose to be different when they’re independent or raise their kids differently. This is why cults always seek to isolate their members – exposure to diversity breaks the cycle.

    • mycroft@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2217·
      1 year ago

      Nah, girls just won’t be sent to schools.

      This will be “the last straw” for many of their fathers.

      Some will go, and their parents will begrudgingly accept (or turn a blind eye to their daughter dressing down as soon as she’s near school.). The majority reaction will be similar to what you see in other nations that don’t respect women enough to let them keep their autonomy.

      • babeuh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        282·
        1 year ago

        That’ll get the fathers at least 6 months in prison in France, probably more for negligence etc.

        And homeschooling requires a very good reason why they can’t go to school (pretty much always a health condition, and that needs proof) there are annual inspections and every other year the reason for homeschooling is verified.

      • hh93@lemm.eeEnglish
        231·
        1 year ago

        Just not sending the children isn’t an option in pretty much every place in Europe