Muslim groups pledge to monitor Quebec ban on school prayer spaces
Muslim groups are speaking out against the Quebec government’s intention to ban prayer spaces in public schools, saying they will monitor how the Education Department enforces its new rules.
promised last week to prohibit schools from doing so. The minister, however, said he wouldn’t ban prayer altogether; students who wanted to pray should do so “discreetly” and “silently,” he told reporters.said Monday it would keep tabs on how the government enforced the ban on prayer spaces, adding that it would “take action” if the rights of students were violated.
The Education Department did not respond on Monday to a request asking whether Drainville’s directive had been implemented. Drainville is known for presenting a so-called values charter when he was in government with the PQ in 2013. The charter called for people who wear religious symbols to be prohibited from working in public institutions. The charter was a precursor to the Coalition Avenir Québec’s secularism law — Bill 21 — which was passed in 2019 and prohibits many public servants, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols at work. The minister joined the CAQ ahead of the 2022 election.
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