French conservatives on Monday applauded the government's decision to ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, but the move also drew criticism and some mockery.
Education minister announced ban on abaya on Sunday, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, but the move also drew criticism and some mockery.
"Our schools are continually put under test, and over the past months, breaches to laicite have increased considerably, in particular with wearing religious attire like abayas and kameez," Education Minister Gabriel Attal told a news conference to explain Sunday's ban. The SNPDEN-UNSA union of school principals welcomed the move, saying what it needed above all was clarity, its national secretary, Didier Georges, told Reuters.
In 2020, history teacher Samuel Paty was killed by an Islamist radical in an attack that struck at the heart of the country's secular values and the role teachers have.
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