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FURIOUS ROW ERUPTS IN FRANCE AS TEACHER IS LEFT IN FEAR FOR HER LIFE AFTER
SHOWING 17TH CENTURY PAINTING OF NUDE WOMEN TO MUSLIM PUPILS IN ART CLASS

By Elena Salvoni and Afp 22:21 11 Dec 2023, updated 02:25 12 Dec 2023


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Religious fury sparked a crisis in French schooling last night after Muslim
parents complained that a 17th century Renaissance painting of nude women was
shown to a class of pupils.

Staff members at Jacques Cartier in Issou, west of Paris, refused to work on
Monday amid the crisis sparked by the showing in class of a painting by a
Renaissance master containing several nude women.

Education Minister Gabriel Attal visite the establishment in person on Monday
and later said pupils who made false claims about the teacher in posts on social
media would be disciplined.


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It comes after a French court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their role
in the 2020 killing of Samuel Paty outside his secondary school near Paris,
after they helped to identify him to a radicalised Islamist.

Paty, a 47-year-old history and geography teacher, was stabbed and beheaded in
the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in October 2020, just 12 miles from
Issou.

The Jacques Cartier school in Issou is at the centre of a row after a teacher
showed a 17th century nude painting to children A sign hung outside the school
claimed that incidents at the school were up while resources to deal with them
were in short supply 'Diana and Actaeon' (pictured) by the Italian painter
Giuseppe Cesari, portrays a Greek myth in which the hunter Actaeon bursts in at
a site where the goddess Diana and her nymphs are bathing French education
minister Gabriel Attal said those who made false claims about the teacher in
question would be punished


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Teachers there are now worried they too could be attacked, The Times reports.

On Thursday, 'during a French class, a colleague showed a 17th-century painting
that showed naked women', said Sophie Venetitay, secretary general of the
Snes-FSU secondary school teachers' union.

The name of the female teacher and false claims that she had made racist remarks
to Muslim students were subsequently circulated on social media, according to
reports. 

The school reportedly logged 10 incidents of discrimination or racism in the
school term this year, according to French broadcaster BFM TV.

In reference to the furore, Venetitay told the channel: 'We know well that
methods like that can lead to a tragedy... We saw it in the murder of Samuel
Paty. Our colleagues feel threatened and in danger.' 

The painting, 'Diana and Actaeon' by the Italian painter Giuseppe Cesari,
portrays a Greek myth in which the hunter Actaeon bursts in at a site where the
goddess Diana and her nymphs are bathing.

The work, which shows a naked Diana and four female companions, is held at the
Louvre museum in Paris.

It was reportedly shown during an art class for students aged 12 and 13.

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'Some students averted their gaze, felt offended, said they were shocked,'
Venetitay said, adding that 'some also alleged the teacher made racist comments'
during a class discussion.

A pupil's parent sent an email to the school director saying that his son was
prevented from speaking during that discussion and that he would file a
complaint, she said.

She said it was the 'final straw' for teachers at the school, who had complained
of a 'very degraded climate' as well as a 'lack of support' from management
despite 'several alerts'.

In an email sent to parents on Friday, teachers said they were exercising their
right to stay away from classrooms over the 'particularly difficult situation'
at the high school.

History and geography teacher Samuel Paty, 47, was decapitated outside a school
near Paris Pedestrians pass by a poster depicting French teacher Samuel Paty on
November 3, 2020, following the decapitation of the teacher on October 16 Paty
was violently stabbed to death and then decapitated by 18-year-old Chechen
refugee Abdoullakh Anzorov on October 16, 2020 A photograph taken on October 16,
2023 shows a commemorative plaque for slain teacher Samuel Paty  near the Bois
d'Aulne school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, outside Paris Paty's death sparked a
large demonstration in Paris by advocates for freedom of speech


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They described 'palpable discomfort' and 'an increase in cases of violence' as
their daily reality.

Attal said that a disciplinary procedure would be launched 'against the students
who are responsible for this situation and who have also admitted the facts'.

A team would also be deployed to the school to ensure it adhered to the 'values
of the republic', he said.

The tensions come after a series of attacks against teachers in recent years.

In 2020, Samuel Paty was murdered after messages spread on social media that
Paty had shown his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed from the satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo.

And in October, another radicalised Islamist stabbed his former teacher
Dominique Bernard to death in the northern town of Arras.


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The Jacques Cartier school in Issou is at the centre of a row after a teacher
showed a 17th century nude painting to children
2 / 9
A sign hung outside the school claimed that incidents at the school were up
while resources to deal with them were in short supply
3 / 9
'Diana and Actaeon' (pictured) by the Italian painter Giuseppe Cesari, portrays
a Greek myth in which the hunter Actaeon bursts in at a site where the goddess
Diana and her nymphs are bathing
4 / 9
French education minister Gabriel Attal said those who made false claims about
the teacher in question would be punished
5 / 9
History and geography teacher Samuel Paty, 47, was decapitated outside a school
near Paris
6 / 9
Pedestrians pass by a poster depicting French teacher Samuel Paty on November 3,
2020, following the decapitation of the teacher on October 16
7 / 9
Paty was violently stabbed to death and then decapitated by 18-year-old Chechen
refugee Abdoullakh Anzorov on October 16, 2020
8 / 9
A photograph taken on October 16, 2023 shows a commemorative plaque for slain
teacher Samuel Paty  near the Bois d'Aulne school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine,
outside Paris
9 / 9
Paty's death sparked a large demonstration in Paris by advocates for freedom of
speech



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