i'm folly bah thibault. new school year will begin in france on monday, and so does a new government ban on what it considers religious clothing. abaya is worn by female muslims and the kameez by males will be barred from state classrooms. the french education minister says students wearing them to school won't be allowed into classes, but will be instead sent for a discussion on their choice of clothing. the ministerial decision is generating plenty of discussion, with widely differing views. we'll be exploring many of them with our guests shortly. but what do people think in france? here's our paris correspondent, natasha butler. reporter: well, there's been a lot of reaction to the french government's decision to ban abayas and kameez in schools. the education minister gabriel atal says the reason behind the ban is that he says that these garments reveal a religious identity, and religious signs and symbols have long been banned in french schools under france's very strict secular laws. well, politicians