On 27 August 2023, French Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced that the abaya, a loose full-length robe worn by some Muslim students, would be banned in state schools from the start of the academic year, arguing it breached France's laws on secularism in education. The measure was contested: civil-liberties groups, including Amnesty International, criticised it as discriminatory, and it was challenged before the Conseil d'État.
On 27 August 2023, French Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced that the abaya, a loose full-length robe worn by some Muslim students, would be banned in state schools from the start of the academic year, arguing it breached France's laws on secularism in education. The measure was contested: civil-liberties groups, including Amnesty International, criticised it as discriminatory, and it was challenged before the Conseil d'État.
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The abaya ban is a school dress-code and secularism measure with no clear, evidenced effect on access to or quality of learning; recorded as a near-neutral link pending review rather than a substantive education-driver change.
