The French government wants abayas -- over-garments worn by some Muslim women -- banned from schools — Nicolas TUCAT France's highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban ...

(CNN) — Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal ...

Why should a teenage girl not be able to express her religious beliefs and at the same time pursue an education at school? It is a tough question, but one to which the French believe they have an ...

French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas - an over-garment from the shoulders to the feet worn by Muslim women - on the first day of the school year, a government ...

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. President Emmanuel Macron's ...

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. President Emmanuel Macron's ...