Lionel Gougelot // Credits: FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP 8:30 a.m., February 13, 2024
The administrative court confirmed, Monday, in an interim decision the suspension of public subsidies for the Averroès Muslim high school in Lille. As estimated by the Northern Prefecture, the court accuses the establishment of providing teaching in contradiction with the values of the Republic.
The State cuts funding from the Averroès high school. The administrative court confirmed Monday, in an interim decision, the suspension of public subsidies for the Muslim establishment Averroès in Lille which is accused of providing teaching in contradiction with the values of the Republic. In its argument, the administrative court points in particular to Muslim ethics courses composed on the basis of a sulfurous work.
This educational support affirms, for example, the inequality between men and women, the superiority of divine law or even the application of the death penalty in the event of renunciation of Muslim belief. Added to these grievances are two mandatory inspections by National Education, which the establishment allegedly evaded, notably during an unannounced inspection of the high school's documentation center in June 2022.
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The school is appealing this decision
The establishment refutes these accusations and has announced that it will appeal this decision. "We hope to win our case on the merits. We are certain of our arguments and our rights. We remain calm about the future", declared to Europe 1, Eric Dufour, the director of the school. The breach of contract threatens the future start of the school year at Averroès high school. For its part, the Northern Prefecture welcomes a decision which, according to it, “confirms the principles of the Republic that the State services defend”.