Mayor of the French town of Migennes François Boucher banned on Tuesday teaching Arabic and Turkish languages in the schools under his administration for security reasons (previous threats to all French schools & terrorism itself) & because the instructors did not have the credentials to teach languages & there was no proof of where they actually came from.

Now... (of course), there is controversy as to why?

Turkish & Arabic language courses banned for ‘security reasons'

http://youtu.be/YmBNxN3JIx0/ 01:44
RT- News
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What are the languages in France?

French is the only official language in France. Regional languages (Elsassich, Basque, Breton, Corse...) are recognised to a lesser level but are undertood by only a tiny part of the population in limited areas, and being of very limited use, are disappearing.

http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_languages_in_France/
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After Charlie Hebdo shooting

After Charlie Hebdo shooting, 2 million people in Paris including President Hollande and more than 40 world leaders led a rally of national unity.

One teacher in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb with many immigrants, reported that three quarters of the students had refused to observe the minute of silence in memory of the victims of Charlie Hebdo shooting.[47]

There have been about 200 incidents in schools after the attack, some of them "glorifying terrorism".[47] In Bobigny (Paris suburb) a couple of students grunted "Allahu Akbar" during the minute of silence (the same words that were shouted by the terrorists during the attack).[48]

More than 700 French nationals and residents have traveled to fight in Syria.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_France/[/url
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http://theglobalherald.com/turkish-arabic-language-courses-banned-for-security-reasons-in-french-town/51695/

http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/23975-french-town-bans-arabic-and-turkish-language-courses/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_of_Arabic_on_other_languages/


Note: France is officially Catholic (variety) with freedom of religion in all areas. But in 'The local law in Alsace-Moselle - (does not have 'Separation of Church & State' - they have -the Jewish religion and three branches of Christianity: Catholic, Lutheran and Reformed.
The law is a remnant of the Napoleonic Concordat of 1801.

Kudos to France!


Trebuchet; medieval weapon of French origin. :)


Glorification of terrorism, would certainly be grounds for
'deportation by trebuchet'.


Languages, should only be taught, by those certified to teach the individual languages in question.
Especially, when it comes to teaching young impressionable people.

Of Course our piece of s&$t "president" was the only major world leader not there

had me at
did not have credentials


the rest is divisive nonsense

France has a long history of restricting language through laws. For a while there, French citizens could be fined for using a non French word, when there was one available. It was a "preservation of the mother tongue" sort of thing.

Really !? Haaaa.. I love these people!
Let's do that. No more press press #1 for English

that's spooky, a fine?

no wonder the French are portrayed as snobs,,,

qui est la vie en France.