The prefecture of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes decided on Friday to terminate the contracts between the State and the private school group Al-Kindi, located in Décines-Charpieu.
Published on 10/01/2025 19:12
Updated on 10/01/2025 19:31
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The prefect of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes announced on Friday January 10 that she had decided to terminate the association contracts which bind the State to the Muslim school group Al-Kindi, near Lyon, due to “pedagogical failings”, “administrative” and“attacks on the values of the Republic”. This decision, which means the end of subsidies for this private establishment which welcomes more than 600 students, from primary school to high school, located in Décines-Charpieu (Rhône), will apply from September 1, 2025, according to a press release from the prefecture.
The prefecture says it noted during inspections in the establishment a “opacity and confusion of administrative and financial management”the presence of“works whose content is seriously contrary to the values of the Republic”the “presence of religious content in compulsory education”as well as internal regulations “discriminating against girls”.
“Far from being a series of isolated facts”ils “demonstrate a closeness of the Al-Kindi establishments with the thinking of the Muslim Brotherhood whose project is contrary to the values of the Republic. Faced with the seriousness of the facts, corrective measures would be insufficient”writes the prefecture in its press release.
“This is an extremely disappointing decision and brings great violence for Muslims in our country”the lawyers of the Al-Kindi school group reacted to AFP. “It’s politics wrapped in false educational arguments”they added, announcing their intention to take the matter to the administrative court.
