The French Minister of Education, Gabriel Attal, has announced that will prohibit the use of the abayathe Islamic female tunic, in the country’s schools.

“Secularism is not a restriction, but a freedom“, Attal has declared in an interview with the French channel ‘TF1’, where he has spoken of a “necessary and fair” rule.

Although he has not given an exact date, the minister has confirmed that he intends to discuss the issue with education officials before the start of the school year on September 4.

“We will no longer be able to wear the abaya to the school. The directors of the schools are, on many occasions, in the combat front of these problems, of these questions of secularism, and We have to help“, has added.

“I want to provide you with clear rules at the national level in the coming days,” Attal said about the ban on wearing this tunic that covers the entire body except the head, although on many occasions women complete it with a scarf to cover themselves practically completely. .

This announcement comes a few days after the publication, both in ‘Le Figaro’ and in other media, of the conclusions of a note from state services that reveals a explosion of what they describe as “attacks on secularism” in the schools. Thus, 4,710 reports were made in this regard during the 2022-2023 school year, compared to 2,167 in the 2021-2022 academic year.