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Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed a bill that would repeal a state ban on public school teachers wearing religious attire, with the legislation awaiting the governor’s signature.
The abaya is now banned as well.
The French government's decision to ban schoolgirls wearing abayas -- long, flowing dresses of Middle Eastern origin -- has opened a fresh debate about the country's secular laws and the treatment of Muslim minorities.In 2004, France banned school children from wearing "signs or outfits by which students ostensibly show a religious affiliation" on the basis of the country's secular laws which are meant to guarantee neutrality in state institutions.