France to ban girls from wearing abayas in state schools

Ban on loose-fitting dresses worn by some Muslim women provokes row over secularism

Until now, baggy dresses, abayas or long skirts have been seen as a grey area difficult to regulate. Muslim groups have said that abayas are not required religious attire and some on the left have warned that girls in plain long skirts or dresses could be unfairly singled out.

The ban by Attal, who is close to the president, Emmanuel Macron, has caused a fresh political debate about France’s secular rules and whether they discriminate against the country’s Muslim minority. Clémentine Autain, an MP for the radical left party La France Insoumise, criticised what she called the “clothes police” and called the ban “characteristic of an obsessional rejection of Muslims”. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of La France Insoumise, said the September return to school was being “politically polarised by a new absurd form of war of religion”.

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