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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.

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[-] Moyer1666@lemmy.ml 84 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure I like this. I sort of get not allowing religious symbols to be worn, but you're forcing people to dress in a certain way. I don't think the government should be able to do that

[-] Smk@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

What's your thought on school's uniform?

[-] Moyer1666@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I never felt like there was much of a point for them. It was annoying for my family because we always had to buy specific clothes for school

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

The whole point nowadays is to stop kids being bullied for not being able to afford the "right" clothes; that's part of the point of this law too

[-] duffman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Prevention of tribes is the best benefit imo. I remember on school there were a number of ethnic/cultural groups that didn't socialize with people out of their group. I don't believe that fosters a healthy community, and behaviors or symbolic garments to identify you as a member of a group reinforce those group identities instead of all being human beings.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yup. I'm thankful for school uniforms. I came from a poor family and being mocked for wearing cheap clothes would've been awful, I was already ridiculed enough for my background as-is.

Personally I'm with France on this one.

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