France to end contract with biggest Muslim high school amid fears of wider crackdown

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But in an October report seen by Reuters, the interior ministry’s local office said the school was suffering from administrative and financial dysfunction and that some teaching did not align with French republican values.

In September, the education minister banned the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, in public schools.

Averroes headmaster Eric Dufour said he had yet to receive notification from the interior ministry’s local office, but that the school intended to challenge the decision in administrative court.

And a 2020 education ministry inspection report that Reuters reviewed said that “nothing in the observations … allows (us) to think teaching practices don’t respect republican values”.

Mohamed Daoudi said the main reason he chose Averroes for his 12-year-old son was its excellent results, and that he and other parents felt the interior ministry local office’s decision was an injustice.

A project director in the tech industry, Daoudi said he had lived abroad for 15 years and was ready to leave again if the school were to close.

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