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.

  • jimbolauski@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3114·
    1 year ago

    Forcing a person not to wear a type of clothing is just as bad forcing them to wear it. The reasons for either are not important.

    • Kalash@feddit.chEnglish
      825·
      1 year ago

      You hear that the military? Stop forcing people in those ugly camo uniforms! Reasons for wearing them aren’t important!

        • Kalash@feddit.chEnglish
          36·
          1 year ago

          I was mostly for showing that forcing a clothing standard sometimes does have reasons. Team sports would be another one.

          Also, banning every item of clothing that could be seen as religious, might turn into an endless game of whack-a-mole. So if France is so keen on secular clothing in schools, school uniforms seem like a legit option.

            • Kalash@feddit.chEnglish
              43·
              1 year ago

              I’m also not a fan of school uniforms in general and I don’t have personal expirence with them.

              But the topic of dress codes came up a couple of time when I was in highschool. One of them even lead to a “ban” though, it was only school policy, not a law. But yeah, there were a couple of girls that really pushed the limits of how short they could make their tops and hotpants. I, of course, loved it at the time, but looking back as an adult, 14-16 year olds probably shouldn’t dress like that in school.

              Another topic I even caused myself. I went through kind of a punk phase and one day showed up with steel-tipped boots and a 30cm, neon green mohawk. There were some complaints, but ultimatly nothing happened.

              My point is, regulating clothing in certain public situation is quite common with widley varying regional standards. It’s not as simple as “everyone should be able to wear what they want”.

                • Kalash@feddit.chEnglish
                  11·
                  1 year ago

                  Definitly because it’s common. I don’t believe in fundamental “good” or “evil”.

                  I just know what I think is good and I compare that with what other people think is good. And when enough people do that in a society, eventually “rules” emerge that are commonly accepted. And those change with time, which means the collective perception of what is “good” also changes.

        • bouh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          The dream of any fascist is kid soldiers (also kid workers, they’re never productive soon enough).