The head teacher ended up in the High Court in a lawsuit brought by Muslim students at Michaela School. Birbalsingh decided to stop the prayer rituals after "violence, intimidation and appalling harassment of our teachers".
In this state school in Brent, north-west of London, the Telegraph informs us that "half the pupils are Muslim". Last year the school was ranked first in the country for 'Progress 8', which measures how much a secondary school has helped pupils improve compared to primary school.
Death threats to staff for preventing Muslim pupils from praying, a girl forced to leave the choir because “her religion forbids her to sing” and another forced to wear the hijab.
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