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 ...

France is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government announced Sunday, with a top official calling them a "political attack" and an attempt to convert people to ...

Why should a teenage girl not be able to express her religious beliefs and at the same time pursue an education at school? It is a tough question, but one to which the French believe they have an ...

Muslim leaders have reacted with anger to a sudden move by the French government to ban the abaya in state schools. The loose-fitting long robe is considered too closely linked with Islam by Gabriel ...

French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas - an over-garment from the shoulders to the feet worn by Muslim women - on the first day of the school year, a government ...

Paris (AFP) – France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, is legal. President Emmanuel Macron's ...

Paris (AFP) – France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, is legal. President Emmanuel Macron's ...