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Abaya controversy tests limits of France’s law banning religious symbols in schools
[IsraelTimes] Some believe the long, baggy garment, which faces no outright ban, flouts secular principles, intensifying a recurring debate about the influence of Islam in schoolsA reported increase in Moslem girls wearing the abaya dress at French schools has triggered a debate about their violation of the country’s sacrosanct commitment to secularism in education. La Belle France’s identity has long been wedded to its conception of secularism in public life. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-06-25 |
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