Now, the French education ministry has announced that the authorities will no longer allow Muslim girls in public schools to wear Islamic ‘Abaya’ (long flowing black dresses). The education minister Gabriel Attal argued that the Abayas violate the country’s strict secular laws in education. French President Emmanuel Macron says authorities will be “uncompromising” in their enforcement of a new ban on abayas in schools.
Many Muslim apologists on the left also denounced the move announced on Sunday, including Clementine Autain, a lawmaker for the France Insoumise party, who criticized what she called the “clothes police” and a move “characteristic of an obsessional rejection of Muslims”. France has enforced a ban on religious symbols in state schools since 2004 to uphold its strict brand of secularism, known as “laicite”.
Government spokesman Olivier Veran said on Monday the abaya was “obviously” religious and “a political attack, a political sign”. He deemed the wearing of the abaya to be an act of “proselytizing”.
Muslim British-Bengali designer Saeedah Haque is defying France’s latest ban on students wearing abayas in school, by announcing on social media that her new streetwear abaya collection will debut early, exclusively in France, with the caption: “They can’t ban hoodies.”
She also said that if customers send her a picture of them wearing the designs to school they may even receive a full discount on their order. An abaya is a full-length dress worn by many Muslim women to comply with Islamic beliefs about modest dress.
Far left activists and Muslim rights groups have long expressed concern that an intense focus on the hijab, often under the guise of policies prohibiting religious symbols, was a symptom of normalized so-called Islamophobia in France and other EU countries.
And, now, a court is deciding. We know that that means.
Well the courts did block the burqa ban or the no hijab in schools ban
I am curious whether and how French authorities will enforce the new regulation. Too much blunders in the past.
They are now making the abaya into a fashion statement. Recently, in Saudi Arabia, I think, the abaya is forbidden for school exams. One would wonder why. The answer would be cheating. It is so easy to cheat and steal with that body bag. Add a few pockets inside, and voila!
What will the French do when the Islamic fanatics start stepping up their jihad attacks on France and French interests around the world? Cave in to the demands of the fanatics? How is France going to enforce the law, when they have a hard enough time enforcing the laws already on the books? If police can actually be chased out by ghetto gangs in urban sensitive neighborhoods and in other areas populated by Islamic fanatics, how are they going to enforce such laws even in a public school or other public institution? Besides, aren’t such laws “racist”, especially when the law affects social minorities?
The French can’t have it both ways. They must either defend the principle of “laicite” and promote a completely secular lifestyle, even for Muslims, and if the Muslim people cannot adapt to this principle, then they should not be in France. Or they must cave in and allow religion to predominate in the public sphere and abandon separation of religion and state. And then, of course, Islam will then replace Roman Catholic Christianity as the dominant religion in France.
You would think the left, seeing many are atheists, would be rejoicing in the fact that the public school system has banned all forms of religious attire. Seriously, you don’t hear them complain or stick up for Christians who can’t wear a crucifix, or Jews who cant wear a yamikah (is that spelled correctly?). If muslims want to wear their body bags and head bags to school, then can either enroll in an islamic school or move to an islamic country. End the discussion there, point, blank, period!! Many western countries are secular societies, and if you can’t abide by that, then dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Good point.
Just ban muslims and deport with force.
The banning of the abaya or any other clothing item is just a distraction. I have a much better idea. How about banning Muslims all together from your country?
Of course, that’s the logical conclusion, but as I’ve mentioned several times, it took 700 years to get them out of Europe the first time.
Forgetting history means it’s gonna be repeated
Always.
Yes, but will they enforce these regulations across the board?
Pretty much they do, which is why Muslims there are always whining.
And soon there will be NO cars left unburned in France…
Bonnie, I’m afraid traitors in french goverment reverse its position and declaration about the filthy cloth !!
I’ll let you, and readers here, know ; as you say in your country ” we stay tunned” :-))
Leftists ruin everything while being ignorant of the fact that Muslims totally oppose most values that that are important to them.
Wasn’t Donald TRUMP who said, talking about macrotte ( ma crotte : my poop) :
” Anything he touches turns in shit !! ” ? – Mort de rires, quand j’ai lu cette phrase-là :-))
Some are not, but most leftists are ignorant, you’re right !!
Probably.