A group representing Muslim associations in Quebec wants the provincial government to rescind a directive prohibiting the presence of prayer spaces in elementary and high schools.
On Wednesday, Education Minister Bernard Drainville banned school service centres from transforming classrooms into places of prayer.
In a joint statement issued Thursday evening, representatives from several mosques with the Table de concertation des organismes musulmans (TCOM) expressed their shock and indignation at the decision.
The group is now looking into legal options.
The TCOM points out that the move comes in the middle of Ramadan, which runs from March 23 to April 23 this year.
“It brings up a
