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.

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        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.

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

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              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.

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

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        So to protect the freedom of these women you deny them the freedom to wear a dress?

        Holy fuck the racists are so stupid it’s surreal!

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            Protecting women by telling them how to dress. That feels very much like 19th century.

            You understand the dress is not even religious?

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              What percentage of husbands/street enforcers will beat her if she doesn’t wear it? Where do those cultural norms of modesty come from, pray tell?