Voted in June and recorded by compromise before a notary in July, the sale of the plot “after a free appeal filed by the prefecture” concerning the land status of the land and after an “alert” from the same prefecture on the activities of this school.
The municipality of Valencia has canceled the sale of land intended for the expansion of a Muslim school, which has filed a complaint for “discrimination“, learned AFP Tuesday, October 4 from the parties concerned.
Manager of the non-contract school founded in 2012 in Valence in a mosque under the name of Iqra, the association Valeurs et Réussite wanted to acquire this 8400 m² land, opposite the place of worship to enlarge its premises and go under contract .
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Voted in June and recorded by compromise before a notary in July, the sale of the plot was canceled on Monday evening October 3.after a gracious appeal filed by the prefecture” concerning the land status of the land and after a “alertfrom the same prefecture on the activities of this school, said Mayor LR Nicolas Daragon, pointing to the responsibility of the State in this reversal.
Contacted by AFP, the prefect of Drôme did not wish to speak. The sale became controversial after the publication in July by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo of an article evoking links between the managing association “Values and Successand the radical Muslim Brotherhood movement. Since then, the city has experienceda deployment of malicious remarks which created a detestable climate», as the mayor pointed out.
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For him, it is thelack of clarity, consistency (…) in the line of conduct adopted by the State» which caused this situation, with «information that has changed substantially over time“, when he had consulted the National Education and the prefecture before supporting the sale project.
In response, Valeurs et Réussite, which manages the elementary school where 42 students are currently educated, decided to file a complaint against X for “discrimination“, told AFP his lawyer.
“The cancellation of this sale with regard to this school is a new crossing in the bludgeoning and in the witch hunt carried out with regard to certain Muslim associations“, declared Me Nabil Boudi to AFP, the lawyer of Valeurs et Réussite. “We are talking about alleged filiation supposedly close to the Muslim Brotherhood… But there is no link (…) We are citizens of simple Muslim faith“, for his part lamented Mourad Jabri, president of the association.
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