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“The Republic does not make any distinction between its children,” Valls said.
The education minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, said she had called for a judicial investigation, saying Ménard’s statements were “profoundly anti-Republican”.
“I am scandalised, sickened by these comments,” added Abdallah Zekri, head of the National Observatory Against Islamophobia.
“Moreover, you can be called Mohammed without being a practising Muslim,” he added.
”— French mayor attacked for counting schoolchildren with ‘Muslim names’ | World news | The Guardian