Racines takes part in the conference “Education in the face of identity-based and religious movements”

Aadel Essaadani, Executive Director of Racines aisbl, took part in a round table discussion entitled “Education through the prism of emancipation”, as part of the symposium entitled “”Education in the face of identity-based and religious movements”, organized by Laïcité Yallah on 14 October 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. 

The round table brought together : 

– Karine Houël, Literature teacher and trainer in “Values of the Republic and Secularism” (France)

– Ina Van Looy, Director of the Centre for Citizenship Education at the David Susskind Jewish Secular Community Centre

– Aadel Essaadani, Director of Racines aisbl (Morocco/Belgium)

– Danielle Perez, Psychologist and co-founder of the “D’accord de ne pas être d’accord” collective. 

The symposium was organized in memory of Samuel Paty, a French history-geography teacher who was a victim of terrorism on 16 October 2020. 

Created on 12 November 2019 at the initiative of the Centre d’Action Laïque, the Laïcité Yallah Collective brings together believers and non-believers with a Muslim heritage who share a resolutely secular perspective on societal issues.