He denounces “attempts to intrude religion into the sanctuaries of the Republic that are our schools”. In Nice, “Muslim prayers by children of CM1 and CM2” and “minutes of silence organized in memory of the Prophet Muhammad” would have been organized in several schools, announces Christian Estrosi, who says he has seized the government.
The mayor (Horizons) of the fifth largest city in France indicates that he was alerted to these “extremely serious facts” by a letter from the academic inspector himself dated Wednesday. He also specifies in a press release that he “asked the prefect to organize a meeting as soon as possible with all the services concerned in order to put in place an action plan to put an end to this drift”.
“Let the mayors be informed” of the returns “from Syria”
“Our response must be firm, collective and resolute,” he said. The secular Republic that we defend and in which we believe is our collective bulwark against the religious obscurantism that tries to destabilize us. »
Christian Estrosi wrote to the Prime Minister to this effect. He asked him in particular “that the mayors are now informed of the establishments where the children whose families return from Syria are educated”, specifies the community. He also calls for a “major campaign to raise awareness of the phenomenon of radicalization to be launched in schools to better protect children and train our staff, as is already the case in Nice”.
“These facts contribute to the increase in attacks on secularism”, also reacted on Twitter the deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes and president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti. The parliamentarian calls on “the State to intervene urgently”.