A professor from Paris reacts to the presence of a veiled student by undressing in class

Original translation by Oz-Rita

From Journal De Montreal

French prof

Archival photo of the lawyer and Professor Grégoire Lafarge while he was answering
media questions concerning one of his clients: the vice-president of the Front
National (Marine LePen’s party), Florian Philippot.

LE JOURNAL

MONAY 19 January 2015

A French lawyer and Professor, Gregoire Lafarge, created quite a commotion (in class and online) – this Friday, when he took on one of his students during a course of ethics.

Le Figaro (Respected French centre-right Daily) quotes one of the students who witnessed the scene: “Arriving in the lecture hall, the professor looked at the veiled young girl intensively. He approached her, probably to ask her to take of her veil, but other students prevented him from ending his sentence. He reacted badly and left the lecture hall immediately. Before returning, apparently in anger, “he undressed in taking off his scarf, his jacket, his shirt. He shouted “my religion is naturism”. (Nudism)

The collegues of the targetted student also reacted, as reported in Le Figaro.

“The great majority” of students have defended and applauded the veiled girl who spoke in the hall following this unfortunate episode. “There were always veiled students, but this never created any incident” says [an other student]. She would have prefered that he would have advised her of his unease without it having caused a debate”. The young girls also expressed herself on facebook. “I respect those who find my outfits offensive, but I think that I have the right to be here” she commented, deploring the “proportions” which that incident had taken.

As the scene happened in a lectur hall filled to the gunnels and was even retransmitted via video conference to two additional halls, the reaction of Me. Lafarge has very quickly circulated in the halls of the establishment and on social media.

The director of the school refused to comment on the incident but noted that Me. Lafarge will not teach at this school any longer.

[Translator’s note:]

The responses on twitter and to the article, published by “Le Journal” were all against the professor, some quite insulting, and as the tone of the article seemed to blatantly take the side of the veiled student, I will translate the only answer positively for the professor.

The nick-name of the poster is “Joe Desouche” which denotes a native (as opposed to “migrant”) French man, he wrote: Joe Desouche It’s a typical scenario from the barbares to send their women to the barricades while they preach to us from their Koran.

Bravo to the Prof… in hoping that our profs emulate him to

show solidarity.

 

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6 Replies to “A professor from Paris reacts to the presence of a veiled student by undressing in class”

  1. Islam is a killing cult.

    You do not have a right to be part of a killing cult. You do not have a right to wear the clothing of the killing cult.

  2. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/24/victoria-and-albert-museum-muhammad-image-website
    “Warning: this article contains the image of the prophet Muhammad, which some may find offensive.

    The Victoria and Albert museum has attempted to conceal its ownership of a devotional image of the prophet Muhammad, citing security concerns, in what is part of a wider pattern of apparent self-censorship by British institutions that scholars fear could undermine public understanding of Islamic art and the diversity of Muslim traditions.

    Similar images have been shown in exhibitions across Europe and America without prompting outrage, much less protests or a violent response. Made by Muslim artists for fellow Muslims, they come from a long but often overlooked tradition.

    British museums and libraries hold dozens of these images, mostly miniatures in manuscripts several centuries old, but they have been kept largely out of public view. Fear of displaying them is apparently driven by controversy about satirical or offensive portraits of Muhammad by non-Muslims, despite the huge difference in form and purpose.

    When the V&A was asked if it held any images of Muhammad after the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, it said there were none. A US expert later provided a link to a poster in its collection, with the inscription “Mohammad the Prophet of God”. That page in the database was deleted last week, but can still be found in a cached version. A spokeswoman said their original response was “an honest error”.

    “Unfortunately we were incorrect to say there were no works depicting the prophet Muhammad in the V&A’s collection,” a spokeswoman, Olivia Colling, said in an email, adding that the image had subsequently been taken down because of security concerns. “As the museum is a high-profile public building already on a severe security alert, our security team made the decision that it was best to remove the image from our online database (it remains within the collection).””

  3. UK – Manchester – Council worker suspended over ‘kick Islam out of Britain’ Facebook post

    Town hall bosses take action after IT technician Dave Balderstone replied to British National Party message with Islamophobic comment

    A town hall worker has been suspended after posting an Islamophobic comment on Facebook.

    Dave Balderstone, 46, replied to a British National Party post with the message: ‘Kick Islam out of Britain – we need our country back.’

    Manchester council bosses took action last week after a member of the public contacted the M.E.N. in disgust.

    Mr Balderstone, of Manley Road, Chorlton, has now been suspended from his position as an IT support technician while the post is investigated.

    […]The council’s social media protocol, which was updated in the autumn, says that even on private accounts staff should not post anything that breaches the employee code of conduct.

    That states workers should have respect for others, should not do anything that will bring the authority into disrepute and should not discriminate on racial grounds.

    http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/council-worker-suspended-over-kick-8513937

  4. Hello there….its me again…….Don Laird

    I admire the good Professor Grégoire Lafarge, cultural diversity is a wonderful thing…..no doubt the good Professor is well acquainted with another of his French brothers…….Jean-Claude……and his lovely bride Djamila…….

    The only problem Jean-Claude ran into in Afghanistan was……sunstroke…..

    “Don’t pixilate my dick”!!!!………words to live by…..

    Regards, Don Laird
    Dogtown Bastard
    Alberta, Canada