GENEVA (AA) – No one has a say in what women should wear, a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokeswoman said on Tuesday, weighing in on France’s recent ban on headscarves for athletes in next year’s Olympic games. “In general, the Human Rights Office says that no one should impose on a woman […]
LONDON (AA) – France’s highest court has again ruled that the government ban on the abaya (a long, loose outer garment worn by Muslim women) is legal. The Council of State said it had rejected an appeal by three organizations against the government ban announced last month on the abaya. Last week, the Sud Education […]
PARIS (AA) – A Muslim student who had been turned away from school for wearing a kimono, a loose Japanese garment in France, has filed a complaint with the UN over being “discriminated against” due to her religious affiliation. The controversy over the French government’s stance against hijab in schools continues with many st...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Sometime in 2006, Maria De Cartena decided that she wanted to wear a hijab, the Islamic headscarf. But every morning, staff at her high school in Lyon, France, would force the then-13-year-old to remove it. They would stand at the entrance to make sure she does not step onto the premises with […]
PARIS (AA) – France’s education minister on Tuesday said that they do not distinguish between the students based on their religion. Gabriel Attal said he stands by his decision to ban the abaya in school buildings, reminding that it falls in the framework of the law of 2004. “The Council of State’s rule over an [&hellip...
TRAPPES, France (AA) – A group of people staged a protest in the northern French city of Trappes on Friday against a ban on Muslim girls wearing abaya in schools. The group, along with some parents of schoolgirls, staged the protest under the banner “Don’t Touch My Abaya Community” in front of La Plaine de […]
ANKARA (AA) – More than 60 Muslim girl students refused to remove their abaya at schools, the French education minister said on Tuesday. Gabriel Attal said in an interview with RMC that the abaya, a loose full-length robe worn by Muslim women as a sign of modesty, was recently banned in schools due to the […]
ANKARA (AA) – The French president on Friday vowed that the government will be uncompromising on the overgarment ban in schools. Emmanuel Macron visited a high school in the town of Orange, southern France, where he made comments on the ban on wearing abaya, an overgarment worn by Muslim girls and women, at school. “Schools […]
ISTANBUL (AA) — France plans to ban the abaya, a long loose-fitting overgarment worn by some Muslim women, on school grounds, the country’s education minister said on Sunday. Gabriel Attal told broadcaster TF1 that the government intends to convey “clear rules” on the matter to school officials across the country. Attal also ...
