Hijabi student files United Nation complaint after being expelled from France school

A Muslim girl in France has filed a complaint with the United Nations (UN) after she was expelled from her school for wearing the abaya— the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women in August.

Fifteen-year-old student, who lives in Lyon, has sent a complaint to Ashwini KP, Special Rapporteur



on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, over “discrimination she faced on the grounds of her religious affiliation.”

The complaint was sent to the UN by the student’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, who issued a statement on Friday, September 22, regarding the case.