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Abayas in Schools: LFI Accused of "Betraying" Secularism by Wanting to Overturn the Ban

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On Sunday, on BFMTV, the leader of the LFI (France Unbowed) deputies, Mathilde Panot, deemed the abaya ban "absurd," referring to footage showing "two young women arriving in the exact same dress, bought from the exact same place, but because one looked Arab, she was refused entry," while the other wasn't. When asked about LFI's intention to reverse this ban should Mr. Mélenchon win next year, the response was immediate: "Regarding the abaya? Ye…

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On Sunday, on BFMTV, the leader of the LFI (France Unbowed) deputies, Mathilde Panot, deemed the abaya ban "absurd," referring to footage showing "two young women arriving in the exact same dress, bought from the exact same place, but because one looked Arab, she was refused entry," while the other wasn't. When asked about LFI's intention to reverse this ban should Mr. Mélenchon win next year, the response was immediate: "Regarding the abaya? Ye…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Mathilde Panot, president of the group La France insoumé à l'Assemblée nationale, said it was "absolute" the ban on this traditional Muslim outfit set up in the fall of 2023. Less than eight months before the presidential election, the reactions among the candidates sung.

·Paris, France
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The debate on the Abaya is not closed. A few months before the presidential election of 2027, MP LFI Mathilde Panot handed over the subject to the center of the... The article "Racist and discriminatory": LFI wants to remove the ban on the Abaya in school, Attal and Le Pen ascend to the niche appeared first on Current Values.

·Paris, France
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For Édouard Philippe, "the law that prohibits the wearing of religious insignia at school (...) is a good law, it is well enforced."

·Paris, France
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LFI's proposal to reverse the ban on abaya at school divides the political class. Édouard Philippe denounces a "treason of secularism", while Mathilde Panot considers this ban "absurd".

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The extreme right-wing candidate and the two competitors of the right-hand center were the promise made by Mathilde Panot to reauthorize the wearing of this traditional Arabic garment, forbidden by Gabriel Attal at the beginning of 2023.

·Paris, France
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Haberler broke the news on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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