“But I want to say it very clearly: there is no stigma. In an interview with RTL this Sunday morning, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne defended the decision to ban the wearing of the abaya on school grounds and refuted accusations from the left of any “stigmatization “. In addition, she denounced “the manipulation and attempts at provocation on the part of some”, pointing the finger “in particular LFI”. The Prime Minister assuring that “Each of our fellow citizens, whatever their religion, has its place in our country”.
The Minister of Education Gabriel Attal announced last week that this long garment worn by women, the religious nature of which has long been debated, would finally be prohibited in schools.
“There is a principle, it is secularism. And there is a law that prohibits the wearing of any sign or outfit by which a student shows his belonging to a religion. This is the law that must apply to everyone and we will ensure that it is properly applied, ”insisted Elisabeth Borne.
“Stop political Islam”
Questioned in turn on the subject on Sunday, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire welcomed this measure, which according to him is “a new test of political Islam against the Republic” and which “has not its place in the school of the Republic”.
“I welcome and I support 100% the decision of the Minister of Education Gabriel Attal to ban abayas in public schools, in secular and republican schools”, he insisted on BFMTV.
“Political Islam has been testing us for years, testing our limits, our capacity to resist, testing our determination. It is good that at some point a Minister for National Education responsible for schools, the training of our children, the transmission of our culture, the enhancement of what makes us a nation, says stop political Islam”.