In more conservative social circles, the abaya is part of expected dress conforming to social norms and culture. In Saudi Arabia, for example, women were required to wear an abaya until 2018 .

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The court said the wearing of the abaya “was part of a process of religious affirmation, as shown by the comments made during discussions with students.” The legal challenge to the ban was ...

After spreading to the city, the abaya became part of Gulf culture, with the GCC countries categorising it as a "piece of cultural and religious heritage" in the country. In recent years ...

But is the abaya truly a religious garment, or merely one that is common for women in certain parts of the world? France's Council of Muslim Worship have previously written that the abaya does ...

I was feeling that I was removing a part of me … It was very difficult,” De Cartena said in an interview with Anadolu. For her and countless others, the recent ban on abayas – the loose ...

In the great majority, these were Muslim teenage girls wearing the abaya. Pronounced "ah-bye-ah", it is a long-sleeved, loose-fitting robe usually worn over other clothing by women in parts of the ...

Wearing an abaya is part of a “logic of religious affirmation,” the court said in a statement, adding that the ban was therefore in line with a French law that “prohibits the wearing by ...