Six Muslim groups are asking a Quebec court to declare unconstitutionality of the new provincial edict that bans religious activity in public schools.
In a lawsuit filed last week, the groups asked Quebec Superior Court to “declare constitutionally invalid, inapplicable, inoperative or to annul the governmental order to prohibit all forms of prayer” in schools.
The groups also asked the court to rule that the principles of state secularism and religious neutrality cannot “be used to order bans on prayers or other religious practices in public places.”
It should mentioned that in April, Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville issued a directive formally prohibiting any practice of religious activity in schools, vocational training centres and adult education centres.
