Tension at the University of Lyon 2: students block the campus over the ban on an iftar breaking of the fast
The students had occupied the room days earlier to celebrate Ramadan. The student unions are at odds.
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The Porte des Alpes campus of Lumière University Lyon 2 was the scene of a protest this Friday morning, as reported. The Figaro. The reason: the decision by the centre's management to to ban a Ramadan breaking-of-fast evening, scheduled for last 25 March in a university hall. Students opposed to the ban blocked access to the campus for a few hours.
The’breaking of the fast It had been announced on social media and organised by a group of students who had occupied a university hall for several days. However, the proposal became controversial after being denounced by the conservative student movement UNI, which criticised the organisation of a religious event in a public university space.
For its part, the Solidaires union supports the proposal and describes the position of the university and the professors who recommended they write «a secular letter» as Islamophobia and racism.
The students are planning to do a General Assembly on Monday to decide the next steps.
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This new episode in Lyon 2 is set against an increasingly tense climate in France regarding the presence of Islam in public spaces, especially in the educational sphere. Surveys such as the one that explains that Young French Muslims are more radical. or the certainty that there will be serious riots or, even, a civil war Putting Islam at the centre of the problem fuels a climate of fear, mistrust and social polarisation.
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