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

France is to ban girls in state schools from wearing abayas, sparking a fresh row over secularism and women’s clothing.

The education minister, Gabriel Attal, said that the style of long, flowing dresses worn by some Muslim women, would no longer be allowed when the new term begins next week because they violated the French principle of secularism, or laïcité.

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