Hijab crisis… They didn’t allow the kimono either
The student, who was not allowed to attend classes after being expelled from the classroom for wearing a kimono in Lyon, France, will file a complaint alleging that she was “discriminated against because of her religious affiliation”.
The girl’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, said in a statement on the X social media platform that a student who came to school in a kimono at a Lyon institute was asked to remove it in class. The statement states that the student who did not want to remove her kimono was taken from the classroom and taken to the school principal and she was not allowed to attend classes.
In the statement, which is quoted as saying that the principal told the young woman that she would not be able to remain in school with the clothes she was wearing, it was noted that this incident was one of the indications that the recent instructions of the Minister of Education, Gabriel Attal, had taken a dangerous direction.
The statement stressed that wearing a kimono is not an indication of religious affiliation. In the statement, which included the statement that “discriminatory acts committed by public officials are punishable under criminal law”, it was stated that they would file a complaint alleging that “the discrimination was carried out on the grounds of religious affiliation”.
Controversial BAN OF ABAYA
Education Minister Attal’s statement on August 27 that he would not allow the wearing of long abaya and entari-style dresses in schools, claiming they go against secularism, caused controversy.
Government spokesman Olivier Veran said the abaya and similar long dresses, the wearing of which will be banned in the country’s schools on August 28, are an “offensive political tool”.
On France Inter radio, where she was a guest on August 31, Attal announced that abayas worn by girls and dresses worn by boys will be banned from the new academic year.
French President Emmanuel Macron has declared that they will not compromise on a ban on students wearing abayas in schools.
Attal said that 298 students who came to school wearing abayas were detected on September 4, and 67 of these students were sent home because they did not comply with the ban. (AA)