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For French Muslims, a Catholic education


Franco Zecchin

France has only four Muslim schools. So the 8,847 Roman Catholic schools have become a refuge for Muslims seeking what an overburdened, secularist public sector often lacks: spirituality, an environment in which good manners count alongside mathematics and higher academic standards. There are no national statistics, but Muslim and Catholic educators estimate that Muslim students now form more than 10 percent of the two million students in Catholic schools. In ethnically mixed neighborhoods in Marseille and the industrial north, the share can be more than half. Catholic schools are free to allow girls to wear a headscarf. Many impose the state ban, but several, like Saint Mauront, tolerate a discreet version. Tucked under an overpass in the city's northern housing projects, the school embodies the tectonic shifts in French society over the last century. Fifteen of the top 20 high schools in France are Catholic schools, according to a recent ranking in L'Express magazine. Catholic schools remain popular among Muslims even in cities where Muslim schools have sprung up: Paris, Lyon and Lille. By Katrin Bennhold http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/25/europe/schools.php


 

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Amina Zaidi and Nadia Oualani.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. Headmaster Mr. Jean Chamoux.

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St Mauront's Catholic secondary school.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. ENAF classroom, teacher Ms. Nathalie Geckeler.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. ENAF classroom, teacher Ms. Nathalie Geckeler.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. 3éme classroom, teacher Mr. Said Boukenouche.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. 3éme classroom, teacher Mr. Said Boukenouche.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. 3éme classroom, teacher Mr. Said Boukenouche.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. 3éme classroom, teacher Mr. Said Boukenouche.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. Headmaster Mr. Jean Chamoux with pupils in the court.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Nadia Oualani with hers friends.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. Headmaster Mr. Jean Chamoux with pupils in the court.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Nadia Oualani.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. 4éme classroom: Amina Zaidi and Nadia Oualani.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. 4éme classroom: Amina Zaidi to the blackboard.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. 4éme classroom: Amina Zaidi and Nadia Oualani.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Nadia Oualani with hers friends.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Nadia Oualani with Hajer Nouazli.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Amina Zaidi and Nadia Oualani.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Amina Zaidi and Nadia Oualani.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Amina Zaidi and Nadia Oualani.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Headmaster Mr. Jean Chamoux with pupils in the court.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront. Headmaster Mr. Jean Chamoux.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. Amina Zaidi.

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Marseille, 2008.9.16. College Catholique St Mauront. 4éme classroom: Amina Zaidi and the teacher.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront.

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Marseille, 2008.9.8. College Catholique St Mauront.

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