A defiant headteacher who has won the right to ban Muslim prayer rituals at her school has told parents ‘if you don’t like it, don’t come to us’ amid the threat of further legal action.
Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been called Britain’s strictest head, said the landmark ruling was a ‘victory for all schools’ as she hit out at ‘bullying identity politics’.
The Government’s former social mobility tsar also declared we need the ‘honesty’ to call out ‘deep-seated progressivist racism’ in society.
A pupil at her Michaela Community School in Wembley, https://bangcacloai.com/ north-west London, had claimed a ban on prayer rituals was a breach of her human rights and violated the Equality Act.
But the High Court yesterday ruled the ban was both proportionate and justified and that Miss Birbalsingh should be allowed to enforce the school’s secular ethos.
After claiming victory, Miss Birbalsingh said: ‘If parents do not like what Michaela is, they do not need to send their children to us.’
In a lengthy statement, she also questioned why the Muslim pupil received ‘£150,000 in legal aid’ to fight her case – and fears the family may launch further action.
Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been called Britain’s strictest head, said the landmark ruling was a ‘victory for all schools’ as she hit out at ‘bullying identity politics’
Michaela Community School was targeted with death threats and abuse, the court was told
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch (pictured) said it was ‘a victory against activists trying to subvert our public institutions’