“There are no disbelievers in the Republic,” says Sarah El Haïry

Two days after the attack on a schoolgirl in Montpellier (Hérault), Emmanuel Macron reacted on Thursday April 4. A judicial investigation and an administrative investigation were opened, although the young girl was said to have been described as “unbeliever”. “I heard the mother’s testimony, I heard the grandmother’s testimony and the comments are shocking”assures Sarah El Haïry, Minister Delegate in charge of Children, Youth and Families, guest of 19/20 info.

The essential value of freedom

“Close to our schools, today the question of secularism arises”she adds. “There are no disbelievers in the Republic, not in a secular country (…) this means that for some of our young people, religion is above the Republic”, develops the minister. Sarah El Haïry asks to go further “to be extremely clear on the question of secularism (…) if there is one value that is essential, it is freedom”, she concludes.