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Paris school head resigns after death threats over Muslim veil row
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French politicians from across the spectrum have expressed dismay over the resignation of a Paris school principal who had received death threats after asking a student to remove her Muslim veil on the premises.
In 2004, authorities banned schoolchildren from wearing “signs or outfits by which students ostensibly show a religious affiliation” such as headscarves, turbans or kippas on the basis of the country’s secular laws, which are meant to guarantee neutrality in state institutions.
The headteacher’s departure comes amid deep tensions in the country after a series of incidents including the killing of a teacher by an Islamist former pupil last year.
The head at the Maurice Ravel lycée in eastern Paris quit after receiving death threats online following an altercation with a student last month, officials told AFP.
“We can’t accept it,” Boris Vallaud, the head of the Socialist deputies in the National Assembly lower house, told television broadcaster France 2, calling the incident “a collective failure”.
Socialist Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo called the principal to “assure him of her total support and solidarity”, said her office, adding she was “appalled and dismayed.”
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