PARIS, France - The wearing of abaya dresses by some Muslim women in French schools is a"political attack", the government's spokesman said Monday as he explained a ban announced on the clothing.
Government spokesman Olivier Veran said it was"obviously" a religious garment and"a political attack, a political sign" which he saw as an act of"proselytising" or trying to convert to Islam. A law of March 2004 banned"the wearing of signs or outfits by which students ostensibly show a religious affiliation" in schools.Unlike headscarves, schools had struggled to regulate the wearing of abayas which were seen as being in a grey area.
They say some women choose to wear abayas, or headscarves, to signal their cultural identity, rather than out of religious belief.
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