Lille: New Legal Victory for the Averroès Muslim High School
The Averroès High School announces a new legal victory at the beginning of 2025.
Al Kindi: The End of the Last Muslim School Under Contract with the French State
On January 10, the prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (southeastern France), Fabienne Buccio, decided to terminate the association contracts between the state and the private Muslim school Al Kindi, located in Décines-Charpieu, in the Lyon metropolitan area.
Grenoble: Students Expelled After Islamophobic Videos on Social Media
Several students from the Grenoble School of Management (GEM) were expelled from the institution at the start of January 2025 after the circulation of racist and Islamophobic videos on social media.
In Switzerland, the Cantonal Police Strengthens Prevention in Schools Against Hate Crimes
Last week, the Security Department and the Department of Public Education and Culture issued a press release announcing the reinforcement of prevention measures against hate crimes.
Essonne: The Council of State Prohibits Inscribing ‘Secularism’ on School Facades
In November 2020, the mayor of the city of Étampes (Ile-de-France) decided to add the term ‘Secularism’ after the French motto (‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’) on certain official buildings of the city, including public schools.
Attack on a high school: perpetrators of fake “Islamist” tags given 6-month suspended prison sentence
In Quimper (eastern France) last April, a private Catholic school was vandalized by two men, including writing on the walls of classrooms aimed at harming Muslims by blaming them for the damage. Some of the inscriptions were: “Long live Islam”; “Allah is great”; “Death to France”; “France to Morocco”. In police custody the following day, […]
