The problems of secularism continue in the establishments of Île-de-France. While the spotlight is on the Maurice Ravel school complex in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, the Paris prosecutor’s office announces that three minors will be tried on May 31 in Paris for having threatened to kill the principal of a high school in Ivry on the Internet. -on the Seine.
He is accused by the defendants of having wanted to forcibly remove a student’s abaya. The young woman in question and the two young men were summoned to appear before the Paris criminal court, the public prosecutor said.
Death threats and cyberharassment
One of them is being prosecuted for threatening to kill a person responsible for a public service mission and cyberharassment leading to a total work interruption (ITT) of more than eight days, the other for threatening to commit a crime or misdemeanor against people or property.
As for the young woman, she will have to answer for cyberharassment and disclosure of personal information allowing the identification or location of a person and exposing them to a direct risk of harm to person or property. According to the prosecution, the case began on June 11 with a report from the Val-de-Marne prefecture on the Pharos platform.
The abaya banned from school since September 2023
He was referring to comments on TikTok and in Ivry-sur-Seine for refusing to remove his Islamic clothing.”
The two men then “as a reaction” posted “threatening and particularly violent messages” on social networks, according to the public prosecutor. Then Minister of Education, Gabriel Attal banned the wearing of the abaya, this long traditional dress covering the body, at school at the start of the 2023 school year, in the name of respect for secularism.
Again
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister received the principal of the Parisian high school Maurice Ravel, who left his position after being threatened with death under the same conditions following an altercation with a student to make her remove her Islamic veil.
The departure of this principal “for security reasons”, according to a message sent on Tuesday by his successor, caused strong indignation.