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| Abaya controversy tests limits of France’s law banning religious symbols in schools |
| 2023-06-25 |
| [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 schools A 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. |
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