The incident took place before the All Saints holidays.
A Spanish teacher from Antoine Bourdelle high school in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) was placed under police protection.
The teacher had remonstrated with a student who came to class dressed in an abaya, a religious feminine garment associated with Wahhabism - a doctrine advocating a rigorous practice of Islam.
The student, to whom the teacher makes a remark when he enters the classroom, reports
BFM TV
, is summoned at the end of the course.
Unbeknownst to the professor, she records the exchange before posting it on social networks.
The national education services then alerted the headmaster of the school, who decided to take legal action.
"
The headteacher himself filed a complaint, not because there is a proven threat to the safety of this teacher, but illegal recording is in itself prohibited, and therefore this matter is in the hands of the justice
, ”confided to the continuous news channel the rector of the Toulouse academy Mostafa Fourar.
The teacher is also complaining.
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Police in front of the school
Still according to
BFM TV
, the high school student concerned would have decided following the incident to launch a petition by putting up posters in her high school, "
so that the students can come dressed any way they want, not necessarily in abaya
".
At the same time, the regional newspaper
La Dépêche du Midi
notes that posters have been put up and that they call for a rally on November 9 inviting participants to dress in "
abaya or long dress
".
Police have been deployed around the school and patrol during opening and closing hours.
Is the young girl supported in her efforts?
Several students, including the high school student, were interviewed at the police station and an investigation was opened.
"
We see that there was work on the video [of the exchange with the professor NDLR] with a subtitle before publishing it
", explains in particular a source close to the investigation to our colleagues from
La Dépêche
.
The student also filed a complaint against his Spanish teacher.
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The wearing of signs and outfits manifesting
"ostensibly a religious affiliation"
has been prohibited since the 2004 law in public high schools.
And the phenomenon of abayas and qamis, their male counterpart, is on the rise, admitted the Minister of National Education Pap Ndiaye at the beginning of October.
“
It is true that for the past year, the number of reports relating to outfits, say Islamic, has increased.
There is the famous phenomenon of abayas
", he declared, adding that this reality could be "
underpinned by professional agitators, who do not want good for the school, nor good for the Republic
" .
.