(BBC) Reversing a school’s “emergency” decision to ban prayer rituals would again expose it to “an unacceptable risk of threats,” the High Court was told.
Michaela School in Brent, north London, was challenged over a policy allegedly amounting to a “prayer ban.”
The school told the court allowing prayer rituals risks “undermining inclusion” between pupils.
A Muslim student at the school said the policy was discriminatory.
The pupil, who cannot be named for legal reasons, alleges the school’s stance on prayer was “the kind of discrimination which makes religious minorities feel alienated from society,” a judge was told.
