(ABC-Australia) South Australia’s Department for Education has been ordered to apologise to a Muslim family over an Adelaide public school’s handling of their attendance of Friday prayers during teaching hours.
State ombudsman Wayne Lines has released the findings of an investigation into the matter, recommending the department apologise to the family and change school attendance policies to allow for students to attend Friday prayers.
Mahmoud Amirat and his two sons attended a mosque for up to 90 minutes every Friday, during teaching hours at the Adelaide Secondary School of English where the boys were enrolled in 2017.
Mr Amirat and his children were refugees who did not speak fluent English at the time.
