France is Simply Saying Non to the Abayah

[Leonardo17]

I wouldn't consider the abayah to be religious clothing. Do those schools also ban saris as well?

No, but be prepared to attract attention and if they decide you’re doing it on purpose there might be disciplinary measures


Grandnudger:

This issue is a convenient passive aggressive flex for the faithful.  They insist that they are being persecuted while demanding that they be exempt from or separate to rules and laws which they support strongly insomuch as they suppress some other person doing some other thing they think their god doesn't like.  IMO, the utility of this issue to (weak or strong) theocrats lies exclusively in it's ability to generate a friendly reaction from outside allies that often does not, upon close inspection, match the ideological viewpoint of those well meaning actors.  I, ofc, believe that these religions are filth and that they are manipulating our societies - taking advantage of and perverting our best impulses in an opportunistic bid to secure perpetual minority control.  So, that colors my view, lol.

I just cannot disagree with any of this.
 

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2 weeks ago there was another “religious leader” who was saying that “Nobody could confine religion to the mosques”. And I was like “Excuse me? Where else is religion supposed to be? You can have it in your private life, you can have it in your church / mosque / synagogue” and that wraps it all (as far as I know).
 
So whenever you advocate freedom of religion, you are also advocating freedom from religion.
 
+ I was greatly opposed to clothing regulation in schools too. But now that I graduated, I think there might be limits imposed on non-religious clothing too. What do you do with sexually explicit clothing for instance?
 
Also: There is no “limitation on clothing” here and no one is forced to go to other schools either because in continental Europe there is public school, then there is public school and then there is public school. The only alternative is to leave France because education in France is compulsory until the age of 16 (for everyone).
 

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