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French court upholds ban on girls wearing abayas in schools

The state council rejected complaints that the ban was discriminatory and could incite hatred against Muslims

France’s top administrative court has upheld a government ban on traditional overgarments worn by some Muslim women and girls in schools and rejected complaints it was discriminatory and could incite hatred.

President Emmanuel Macron’s government announced last month it was banning the abaya in schools as it broke the rules on secularism, or laïcité, in education.

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