of “unexpected administrative controls” were carried out Wednesday in two religious establishments in the Tournezy district.
Le Monde with AFP
The prefecture of Hérault announced, Wednesday, November 16, the imminent closure in Montpellier of “two Koranic type schools” accused of providing without authorization of religious learning courses to dozens of children, a decision that is about to validate the city, according to the town hall.
On the orders of the prefect of Hérault, Hugues Moutouh, “unexpected administrative checks” were carried out Wednesday in two religious establishments, in the district of Tournezy, in the south of the city, said the prefecture in a press release . “These control operations (…) made it possible to discover the illegal existence of two Koranic type schools essentially providing religious learning lessons,” she explained.
prayer room ” Receiving the public without authorization “
This is an “institute” which “hosted classrooms welcoming more than ninety minor children aged 6 to 15”, and the “center”, where “around sixty Children, whose youngest could be 3 or 4 years old, were grouped in a collective reception of unauthorized minors “, according to the press release. “A prayer room receiving the public without authorization was also discovered” in this second establishment, added the prefecture.
The prefect of Hérault “will take a closure order of the illegal collective reception of minors and he asked the mayor of Montpellier, in accordance with his police power, the immediate closure of the two establishments”. “We will of course sign the decree that the prefect asks us since he considers that these establishments do not fulfill the standards of establishments open to the public,” said France-Presse a source close to the socialist mayor of Montpellier , Michaël Delafosse.