France: Decision to close Islamic school in Nice overturned

(Middle East Monitor) The Administrative Court in Nice yesterday overturned an order to close the Avicenne Middle School in the French city. “Errors in the institution’s books do not justify taking such a final action,” said the court.

“Avicenne School emerged stronger from this ordeal,” insisted the school’s lawyer, Sefen Guez Guez. He added that he intends to return to court to denounce the rejection of the Islamic school’s requests to sign a contract with the state.

“We were informed of the Administrative Court’s decision, while the lack of transparency of the school’s accounts, which the court acknowledged, poses real problems in the eyes of the Separatism Law,” responded the department responsible for the closure decision.

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