France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools
The education minister says female Muslim students will not be allowed to wear the loose-fitting robe.
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Is it a bad idea for me, a non-religious person, to wear one in solidarity? (As well as for privacy, sun protection, etc.)
(I do not live in France.)
I fail to see why not. It's just a dress. You shall wear whatever resonates with you.
It's not just a dress, unfortunately. It's a dress, strongly associated with female oppressive rules of Islam.
I have been in some pagan veiling online circles and have discovered that a lot of non-Muslims use Muslim-style veils and it usually is not considered offensive, so I think that it would be okay for an irreligious person to use one.
Do you live in France ?
No, I do not. Sorry I didn't say that. Probably an important detail... I'll edit it in.
It's not a bad idea, it's just really useless, especially since you don't even live here. The dresses are pretty though, I used to have one that I wore at home pretty often, as a non-Muslim person in France. It's definitely not a bad thing. It's just a dress.