An image of star footballer Karim Benzema wearing traditional Saudi attire to mark the kingdom's National Day has sparked far-right outrage in France. On Saturday, the former Real Madrid striker ...

PARIS — France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday (Aug 27 ...

Court backs French abaya Muslim dress ban in schools Paris (AFP) – France's top administrative court on Thursday upheld a government ban on traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women in ...

Paris (AFP) – France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, is legal. Issued on: 07/09/2023 ...

08/28/2023 The loose-fitting, full-length dresses are sometimes worn by Muslim women. In France, the education minister stressed the religion of school pupils should not be identified at sight.

France: Benzema called 'Islamist' for donning traditional Saudi dress Star who put on a bisht, thobe and shemagh for a Saudi holiday with Al-Ittihad teammates comes under attack from far-right ...

FILE - A view of the Paris Mosque is on Oct. 29, 2021. The French government announced Aug. 27, 2023, it will ban children from wearing the Muslim Abaya in state-run schools.

France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs in state schools since 19th-century laws removed any traditional Catholic influence from public education, has struggled to update ...