Abaya Ban Commences As France Resumes School

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The new law banning the use of Abayas by Muslim women in schools was brought into full force on Monday as French authorities were seen imposing the law on over 500 establishments under scrutiny as children across the country returned to class.

Last month the French government announced the ban of Abaya in schools that it broke the rules on secularism in education that have already seen Muslim headscarves banned on the grounds they constitute a display of religious affiliation.

With the move some set of the political right were glad while the hard left was against it that said it did not go well with civil liberties.

When the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne visited a school in Northern France she said “Things are going well this morning. There is no incident for the moment, we will continue all day to be vigilant so that the students understand the meaning of this rule.”

She however added that there were some schools where girls came wearing Abaya.

“Some young girls agreed to remove it. For the others, we will have discussions with them, and use educational approaches to explain that there is a law that is being applied.”

Furthermore, the hard left has accused the government of centrist President Emmanuel Macron of trying with the abaya ban to compete with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and shifting further to the right.

[SA]