It is not only pupils. The first Muslim principal of a Catholic school is in Flanders.
“In Roubaix, Muslims are the majority in Catholic schools. In the northern districts of Marseille, the Saint-Joseph-Viala private Catholic school has nearly 100 percent Muslim pupils. In the Catholic schools of Seine-Saint-Denis they exceed 50 percent”.
The investigation by the French magazine Marianne released this week is mind-boggling.
“Since the late 1960s, the admission of ‘non-Christian pupils’ to Catholic schools has led the Church to consider this problem.” After some hesitation, Catholic Education has released a guide for its leaders: “Muslims in Catholic Schools”. It is recommended to involve a leader of a mosque or an association, unthinkable in the public sphere. “How to deal with students who refuse to go to the swimming pool during Ramadan?”.
