Offer alternative meals for students who Consuming pork for religious reasons cannot contradict secular principles, a French court ruled on Thursday.
In June 2018, the Municipal Council of Boker City bans pork substitute meals in schools, saying it is against secular principles of French nation.
The Muslim and Jewish communities disputed the decision, and human rights groups complained.
The Administrative Court of Nîmes blocked it decision of far-right commune in February 2021.
Boquer Mayor Julian Sanchez appealed to the court the decision, which was rejected.
The municipality can now go to a higher Council court of state, but an earlier ruling set Similar precedent.
In December 2020, in connection with the case in Chalons-sur-Saone in East of France, Council of The state ruled that neither secularism nor principles of integrity in public Services can prevent submission of Religion-based meal replacement in schools by local authorities.
