Traditionally black, it has grown in popularity ... then they should also have the right to wear abayas," complains Chaimae, a Muslim woman of North African descent who left France because of ...

The abaya, a garment that generally reflects Muslim religious affiliation but ... Pap Ndiaye, the first Black education minister, was effectively hounded from office by a torrent of rightist ...

France’s government has announced that it will ban abayas — the long, flowing dresses worn by some Muslim women — in public schools, kicking off a fierce national debate about secularism ...

French authorities will ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said Sunday, according to the AFP news agency. "It will no longer be possible ...

I don't want to miss hours of classes or get expelled because of an abaya, especially in a crucial year for me. It's unjust, but that's how it is' - Farah, Muslim student To assist them ...

Female students will no longer be allowed to wear the loose-fitting abaya dress favoured by some Muslim women. The move comes almost 20 years after France banned headscarves from state schools.