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French Muslim girl kicked out of class because her skirt was too long
April 29, 2015
A 15-year-old French Muslim girl has been banned from her classroom for wearing a long black skirt, seen as going against France's law guaranteeing secularism.
She missed two days this month in a dispute over her skirt, French education officials said Wednesday, and the issue remains unresolved.A popular Twitter hashtag #jeportemajupecommejeveux (I wear my skirt as I like) popped up on Wednesday after the dispute was made public in the girl's local newspaper in Charleville-Mezieres, in northeast France.