(Morocco World News) Only months after enacting a ban on abaya in public schools, the French education ministry is now targeting private Muslim schools, citing “concerns over opaque funding.”
The French minister of national education, Nicole Belloubet, has announced plans to shut down Avicenna College, a private Muslim non-contract school located in Nice, France.
In a televised interview posted on Monday, Belloubet cited “an opaque funding problem” as the primary reason behind the proposed closure, stating that it was “contrary to the antiseparatism law” introduced in 2021.
She argued that the college failed to provide clear information about its sources of funding despite repeated inquiries, prompting concerns about compliance with legal requirements.
