‘Orwellian’ prayer ban worries

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Mar 2024
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‘Orwellian’ prayer  ban worries

Moves to ban Islamic prayers in a school have potential ‘Orwellian consequences’, a representative of Christian teachers says.

Lizzie Harewood, executive officer at the Association of Christian Teachers (ACT), was expressing her thoughts after Katharine Birbalsingh, high-profile head of Michaela Community School in Brent and self-styled ‘Britain’s strictest headmistress’, introduced a ban on Muslim prayers during lunchbreaks.

During Ramadan 2023, a petition started demanding a prayer room and thousands signed it. The school then started getting death threats and bomb threats, teachers were racially abused and bricks thrown. School security had to be introduced.

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