We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused and deformed in the public debate for years by the extreme-right and the right as an attack on… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts,… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed generation. It… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
