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(UK) Schoolboys disciplined for 'refusing to pray to Allah'
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Jul 09, 2008 05:34am |
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| Category | Idiocy |
| Media | Newspaper - Daily Telegraph |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 9, 2008 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Two schoolboys were allegedly disciplined after refusing to kneel down and "pray to Allah" during a religious education lesson.
It was claimed that the boys, from a year seven class of 11 and 12-year-olds, were given detention after refusing to take part in a practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped.
Yesterday parents accused the school of breaching their human rights by forcing them to take part in the exercise.
One, Sharon Luinen, said: "This isn't right, it's taking things too far. I understand that they have to learn about other religions. I can live with that but it is taking it a step too far to be punished because they wouldn't join in Muslim prayer.
"Making them pray to Allah, who isn't who they worship, is wrong and what got me is that they were told they were being disrespectful." |
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