The French government wants abayas -- over-garments worn by some Muslim women -- banned from schools — Nicolas TUCAT France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban ...

Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against ...

France's top administrative court on Thursday upheld a government ban on traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women in schools and rejected complaints it was discriminatory and could incite ...

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.

France will ban Muslim students from wearing the abaya, a full-length robe worn by many Muslim women, in state-run schools, the country's education minister has said ahead of the start of the new ...

A Muslim girl in France became one the first to be excluded from school after a ban on wearing an abaya, a full-length robe worn by many Muslim women. The girl from the French city of Leon came to ...

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

"It will no longer be possible to wear an abaya at school," Education Minister Gabriel Attal told TF1 television, saying he would give "clear rules at the national level" to school heads ahead of the ...