
Nice School Expulsions Highlight France's Debate on Islam in Public Spaces
Haoues Seniguer, a political sociologist at Sciences Po Lyon and author of La République autoritaire. Islam de France et illusion républicaine, comments on the alleged "Muslim prayers" that led to the definitive expulsion of three middle school students in Nice and the wearing of abayas, a subject of controversy. He believes that "there is an obsession with the visibility of Islam in the public space."










