Since publicly funded State schools in France must be secular, owing to the 1905 separation of Church and State, Muslim parents who wish their children to be educated at a religious school often choose private (and therefore fee-paying, though heavily subsidised) Catholic schools, of which there are many.
Tan iyo markii si guud loo maalgeliyey iskuulada Gobolka ee France waa inuu ahaadaa mid cilmaaniya, sababtuna tahay kala taggii 1905 ee Kaniisadda iyo Gobolka, waalidiinta muslimiinta ah ee raba inay carruurtooda wax ku bartaan dugsi diimeed inta badan waxay doortaan iskuulo kaatoolig ah oo gaar loo leeyahay (sidaas darteedna lacag bixinta, inkasta oo si xoog leh loo kabo), kuwaas oo ay badan yihiin.