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French schools refuse dozens of girls wearing Muslim dress
3 years ago(FILES) - A picture taken in Lyon on September 1, 2022 shows pupils waiting outside their school on the first day of new academic year. Twelve million students will go back to school in France on September 4, 2023. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas, an overgarment from the shoulders to the feet worn by Muslim women, on the first day of the school year, a government minister said Tuesday.