Ruling due in Muslim student’s High Court challenge against ‘prayer ban’ at north London school
by Tom Pilgrim, Standard:
A high-achieving north London school, previously dubbed Britain’s strictest, is set to discover whether a Muslim student has won a challenge against its ban on “prayer rituals”.
The pupil, who cannot be named, took legal action against Michaela Community School in Brent, claiming the policy was discriminatory and “uniquely” affects her faith due to its ritualised nature.
She alleged that the school’s stance on prayer – one of the five pillars of Islam – was “the kind of discrimination which makes religious minorities feel alienated from society”, a judge was told.
The case against the free school was heard at the High Court in London in January.
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