France ・ Discrimination |
France bans abayas dresses in schools, despite criticism
France will ban children in state-run schools from wearing loose-fitting, full-length robes known as 'abayas', worn by some Muslim women. This is the first major announcement from new education minister Gabriel Attal, who spoke to French media on Sunday ahead of the back-to-school season.
 | Melissa Chemam For girls wearing them, abayas are cultural clothes, not religious ones. It is not a garment directly linked to the Muslim faith, but "to a culture", according to Anne-Laure Zwilling, anthropologist of religions at the CNRS, , France’s scientific research centre. |
〉Article by RFI English: New French education minister bans abaya dresses
〉Article by Euronews: France bans abayas in schools
〉Video by BBC: France to ban Muslim students wearing abayas in state schools
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France ・ Corruption |
Ex-president Sarkozy to go on trial over Libya-funded campaign
French investigative magistrates have decided that former president Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial in 2025, with 12 others. The charges: illegal campaign financing, embezzling, passive corruption. Sarkozy received millions from Muammar Gaddafi's government for his 2007 presidential campaign.
| Melissa Chemam The case is the biggest and most shocking of multiple corruption investigations involving Sarkozy. In 2007, Sarkozy welcomed Gadhafi with high honours, but then put France at the forefront of NATO-led airstrikes that helped topple the Libyan leader in 2011. |
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