{"id":74510,"date":"2020-12-11T16:46:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/12\/11\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T16:46:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:46:48","slug":"teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k6pxIGFYXp6C2gwvt1K\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French cabinet has approved a new bill on &#8220;strengthening republican values&#8221;. Although already in the pipeline, it was given fresh impetus after the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty, who had shown cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils during a lesson on free speech. The gruesome murder shows how difficult it can be to teach children about the issues of secularism and free speech, as well as the pressure parents put on teachers, and the lack of training and support from schools. Salom\u00e9 Saqu\u00e9, Jonathan Walsh, Karim Yahiaoui and James Vasina report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1076,1539],"tags":[403,17884],"class_list":["post-74510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-france","tag-mission-impossible","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible? - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible? - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The French cabinet has approved a new bill on &quot;strengthening republican values&quot;. Although already in the pipeline, it was given fresh impetus after the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty, who had shown cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils during a lesson on free speech. The gruesome murder shows how difficult it can be to teach children about the issues of secularism and free speech, as well as the pressure parents put on teachers, and the lack of training and support from schools. Salom\u00e9 Saqu\u00e9, Jonathan Walsh, Karim Yahiaoui and James Vasina report.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-11T16:46:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/qq-1-17.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-11T16:46:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":15,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/qq-1-17.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"france\",\"Mission Impossible\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/\",\"name\":\"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible? - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/qq-1-17.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-11T16:46:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/qq-1-17.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/qq-1-17.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":960},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible? - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible? - GuardianTV","og_description":"The French cabinet has approved a new bill on \"strengthening republican values\". Although already in the pipeline, it was given fresh impetus after the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty, who had shown cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils during a lesson on free speech. The gruesome murder shows how difficult it can be to teach children about the issues of secularism and free speech, as well as the pressure parents put on teachers, and the lack of training and support from schools. Salom\u00e9 Saqu\u00e9, Jonathan Walsh, Karim Yahiaoui and James Vasina report.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2020-12-11T16:46:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/qq-1-17.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible?","datePublished":"2020-12-11T16:46:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/"},"wordCount":15,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/qq-1-17.jpg","keywords":["france","Mission Impossible"],"articleSection":["News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/","name":"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible? - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/qq-1-17.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-11T16:46:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/qq-1-17.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/qq-1-17.jpg","width":1280,"height":960},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-secularism-in-france-mission-impossible\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teaching secularism in France: Mission impossible?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}