Month after ban was announced, nearly 300 girls showed up wearing an abaya; 67 sent home after they refused to change, says education minister

Some believe the long, baggy garment, which faces no outright ban, flouts secular principles, intensifying a recurring debate about the influence of Islam in schools

Saudi woman in viral video accuses kingdom of hypocrisy for inviting star to perform but requiring women who attend the concert to wear the modest full-length robe