enough to cover its expansion. The school's teachers are paid for by the state under the "sous contrat" designation. Much of the school's funding comes from wealthy patrons such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Saudi Development Bank paid 250,000 euros and Qatar Charity paid 800,000 euros for the school's most recent expansion. Connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and UOIF The opening of the school raised concern in secular France where even private religious schools are required to use the same core curriculum, can only teach religious subjects as electives, and where prayer must be optional. There was particular concern that the Al-Imane mosque is affiliated with the Union of Islamic Organizations in France, a powerful group that promotes a strict interpretation of Islam that includes grass-roots proselytizing, personal purification, and seeks to influence every aspect of a Muslim's life. The UOIF has been described as inseparable from the Muslim Brotherhood. In a report commissioned by the French government, the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe, as represented by the UOIF are the source of half of the institutional projects in France aiming to re-Islamize the younger generations and maintain their cultural specificity while creating a Muslim citizenship. The school's leadership consists of the president and the vice president of the UOIF thus creating an inevitable tie between the ideologies of the UOIF and the school. Controversies In the wake of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks, French citizens grew increasingly concerned about the risk of fundamentalism in their schools. This, of course, turned an eye towards Averroes High School, as the only "sous contrat" Muslim school in France. An investigative story by France 2 found that the school regularly presented opportunities for open dialogue advocating freedom of expression and discussion of terrorism, particularly in the philosophy class of Soufiane Zitouni. After the attack, Zitouni published an article called "Today, The Prophet is Also Charlie" which caused considerable backlash at the school. Zitouni says that he was warned by administrators that his article would cause him to gain enemies and that he should "look behind himself while walking in the street". Afterwards, another teacher who was close to Tariq and Hani Ramadan, the grandsons of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, published a replica article criticizing Zitouni's reasoning and stating that the attack on Charlie Hebdo was understandable under the premise that they espouse racist ideas. This led to a series of comments by