blue-eyed-hanji: markspants:notyourexrotic:HP Goblet of Fire Headcanon: Beauxbatons was primaril
blue-eyed-hanji: markspants: notyourexrotic: HP Goblet of Fire Headcanon: Beauxbatons was primarily a Muslim wizarding school. (photo from livesandliesofwizards, which was the first thing I thought of when I ran into this passage while rereading the Harry Potter books) (and yes I know the horses drink whisky, which is not exactly halal, sshhh) This is actually a really probable and possible headcanon, and not just because of the highlighted lines. For those of you who don’t know - during the ever-lovely age of Imperialism, when Western Europe invaded other countries for shits and giggles, and the sun never set on the British Empire, France invaded Northern Africa. Nowadays, it’s called the Maghreb, and it is comprised of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and declares French to be an official language. It is an area in which Islam is the official, and most popular religion, and an area from which the majority of France’s immigrant population is drawn. While it is entirely likely that the countries of the Maghreb have their own schools, the immense, and growing population of French speaking, Muslim immigrants in from the Maghreb to France drastically increases the likelihood that even an upperclass school such as Beauxbatons would include a portion of students from that demographic. And I think that’s just really cool. HEADCANON FUCKING ACCEPTED -- source link
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