President Emmanuel Macron's government announced last month it was banning the abaya in schools, saying it broke the rules on secularism in education that have already seen Muslim headscarves banned on the grounds that they constitute a display of religious affiliation.
Women wearing an abaya walk on a bridge in the southwestern city of Toulouse in France on September 6, 2023. (AFP)
PARIS - 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
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