Teachers at a school near Milan which
decided to give its 40% Muslim students the day off at the end
of Ramadan on April 10 said Thursday they felt they had been
attacked by the State after the head teacher was ordered to
reconsider the decision.
"As school workers we feel offended and mistreated, our values
and dignity are trampled on these days," said the almost 250
staff of the Pioltello institute.
"'Whoever attacks a school employee attacks the State' said
(Education) Minister (Giuseppe) Valditara a short time ago, but
for days we have been feeling attacked and unprotected by the
wave of hatred generated in the press and on social media, even
by political exponents".
They voiced "indignation at the instrumentalisation" of the
decision to close the school on 10 April.
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