[Janelle Ward]

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from one of the country’s most popular national parks because some have not been wearing the hijab there. Now, France has instituted its own ban.

It is banning girls in state schools from wearing abayas, which cover the whole body but not the head, feet, and hands, sparking a fresh row.

France’s education minister, Gabriel Attal, says the long, flowing dresses violate the French principle of secularism, or laïcité.

“I have decided that the abaya could no longer be worn in schools,” he says. “When you walk into a classroom, you shouldn’t be able to identify the pupils’ religion just by looking at them.

“Secularism means the freedom to emancipate oneself through school.”

What’s your view on the discrimination of women in Afghanistan and the French ban on the abaya?

[Argee]

If the country you have chosen to live in does not traditionally wear Muslim garb, then it should be banned across the board.

[David Ryder]

State schools have a uniform and that should be adhered to. If students want to wear some sort of special religious clothing then they should attend a private school AND such private schools should receive NO government funding.
In other words if you want exclusive treatment then pay for it 100%.

[Pizza]

Well when one chooses to live in another country, they are to adhere to that host country’s customs and way of life. The host country did not impose that you have to be like them, however they did allow you to do what you need to do, and not let you impose on them your way of life.

[Connie]

In France children don’t have uniforms for school wear, they just wear casual clothes & I agree with France banning of the Ababa maybe other countries should follow in there footsteps

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