.EVERY FEW years the French get developed concerning a thing of spiritual garments that they regard unsuitable in the classroom. This moment a debate has burst out at la rentru00e9e, the beginning of the new year, over a government selection to disallow from state institutions the abaya, an unabridged robe put on through some Muslim gals for modesty. To people in nations along with a practice of liberal multiculturalism, the restriction resembles an undesirable violation of the right to theological look.
To guardians of a stringent model of French secularism, it is a step necessary to safeguard the state from religious obstruction. Why is France therefore stressed regarding Muslim dress in its institutions?