France is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government announced Sunday, with a top official calling them a "political attack" and an attempt to convert people to ...

Women in Saudi Arabia don't need to wear an abaya, the full-length robe like dress that women in Saudi Arabia are required to wear, according to a top religious cleric. Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a ...

A top religious cleric said Friday that women in Saudi Arabia don’t need to wear the abaya, the robe-like full body dress Saudi women are currently required to wear. Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a ...

Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against ...

French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said Sunday, arguing the garment violated France's strict secular laws in ...

Religious symbols are already banned in French schools, but the abaya — a loosefitting robe worn by some Muslim women — was in a gray area. Critics called the measure discriminatory. By Aurelien ...