Sedaye Shahrvand: The French Minister of Education announced on Monday, August 27, before the start of the second half of the school year, that students are not allowed to wear headscarves, full-coverage attire, or abayas.
Reuters news agency reported that after the 19th century, when laws separated Catholic religious rules from school regulations, this law is now curtailing Islamic practices in public schools.
The French government banned headscarves in schools in 2004 and approved a complete face-covering veil ban in public spaces in 2010, which sparked outrage among its five-million-strong Muslim community.
Gabriel Attal, the Minister of Education and Youth, said in an interview with the TF1 television channel: “I have decided that it is no longer possible to wear the full veil in schools.”
He stated, “When you enter a classroom, you should not identify the students’ religion just by looking at them.”
France, with the largest Muslim population among European countries, is striving to control radical extremist tendencies. A few months ago, due to the killing of a young Moroccan Muslim, the country experienced severe unrest for about two months.
Source: Reuters
