An Islamic icon depicting Mecca is displayed in the Ould Ibbat family's home in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Majda Ould Ibbat, right, and her husband, Lhoussaine, center, share a meal with Imam Mohsen Ngazou, the founding director of the Ibn Khaldoun school, at their family home in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Majda Ould Ibbat was considering leaving Marseille until she discovered Ibn Khaldoun, where her children could both freely live their faith and flourish academically. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Family photos are displayed on the wall of the Ould Ibbat home in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Students walk outside the mosque at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
A pencil case decorated with the Algerian flag sits on a student's desk at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Books, including one on Harriet Tubman, are displayed in the library at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
A woman walks through the center of Marseille, southern France, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
The Ould Ibbat family spend a Sunday together at their home in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, April 21, 2024. “It has become a privilege to be allowed to practice our religion,” said Majda Ould Ibbat, who was considering leaving Marseille, France’s second-largest city, until she discovered a private Muslim school, Ibn Khaldoun, where her children could both freely live their faith and flourish academically. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Students spend time in the courtyard during recess at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Islamic books are displayed in the library at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Majda Ould Ibbat prepares a traditional Morroccan chicken dish at home in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Student drawings of anime characters hang on the wall in the library at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
A student's shoes sit outside the entrance to the mosque at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
School supplies sit on a student's desk at a religious studies class for elementary school students at the Cedres Mosque in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Minane Ould Ibbat, 19, right, watches her brother, Wassim, 11, play video games at their home in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, April 21, 2024. For Minane, as for many French Muslim youth, navigating French culture and her spiritual identity is getting harder. “I ask myself if Islam is accepted in France." (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
A door stands open at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Started in 2009 with 25 students, Ibn Khaldoun now enrolls nearly 400 as one of the few private Muslim schools under contract with the French government. That means they’re financially supported but have to abide by strict curricular and behavioral requirements. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Sunlight shines through a window in the mosque at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Students attend class at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Teachers work in the teachers lounge at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Students pray during recess in the mosque at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Students speak during an interview at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Started in 2009 with 25 students, Ibn Khaldoun now enrolls nearly 400 as one of the few private Muslim schools under contract with the French government. That means they’re financially supported but have to abide by strict curricular and behavioral requirements. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Students run up a flight of stairs as they make their way to class at Ibn Khaldoun, a private Muslim school, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Brought into the international spotlight by the ban on hijabs for French athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics, France’s unique approach to “laïcité” — loosely translated as “secularism” — has been increasingly stirring controversy from schools to sports fields across the country. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)