2023-08-31 15:06:11
A return under the sign of secularism according to Attal. From Monday, the provision, announced Sunday by the Minister of National Education concerning the ban on wearing the abaya at school, will be applied. Students presenting themselves wearing the abaya will not be able to enter class but “will be welcomed” by schools, which will have to “explain to them the meaning” of this ban, said Gabriel Attal on Thursday. In addition to this long traditional dress covering the body worn by some Muslim students, the new rule will also concern the wearing of qamis, the male version of this garment, added the minister on France Inter.
“Behind the abaya, behind the qamis, there are young girls, young boys and there are families. Human beings with whom it is necessary to dialogue, to do pedagogy”, estimated the new Minister of Education. “They will be welcomed, they will be welcomed and there will be an exchange with them to explain to them the meaning of the rule. Why are we making this decision. Why can’t we wear the abaya, the qamis, in school”, continued Gabriel Attal, specifying that “from Monday” none of these students will be able to enter class.
“Mediation work”
“Secularism is one of the fundamental values of the school of the Republic”, he insisted, justifying the timing of this announcement, his first even before the start of the school year, by his “exchanges with the heads of establishments” which were “waiting for a clear rule. In some establishments, “you can have several dozen people who are concerned” and the heads of establishment must be “accompanied to do this mediation work”, further explained the minister.
To this end, a note will be sent to them “today”, in which the government “clarifies the rule”: “It gives a certain number of tracks, guides to do this work of exchange”. A letter will also be sent to the heads of establishments “for the families” concerned, according to Gabriel Attal, who did not deliver the content.
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