A school banned a group of Muslim students from praying on campus after other students complained that these Student Interrupted Class For Prayer.
The principal of the Johannes Rau Gymnasium in Wuppertal, Germany, banned the Muslim students from praying on campus after other children in the school were disturbed by the students rolling out prayer mats in public areas of the school.
“In recent weeks it has been seen that Muslim schoolchildren are visibly praying, signaled by ritual ablutions in the toilets, the rolling out of prayer rugs and the taking of appropriate body postures. This is not permitted,” a letter to staff and students at the school read.
German law states that there is no justification for banning prayer in school, as freedom of religion is protected by the country. However, in a 2011 case, a Leipzig court barred a Muslim high school student from praying in school, holding that it could “damage the peace of the school.”
“The prohibition of prayer in a provocative way in public schools is to promote peaceful coexistence and secure the peace of the school,” a local government spokesperson said of the ban, Daily Mail reported.
Many readers applauded the principal for banning the praying in school, and called for similar actions in the U.S.
“Very very awesome, they need to abide by our laws or the laws of whatever country they are in, its really very simple when the government does what is right and that is not letting muslims dictate yheir laws in our countries, they can go back to their own countries and practice their laws all they want just as we would have to abide by their laws if we were in their countries, alls fair in love and war,” one Mad World News reader commented on the site’s Facebook page.
“Exactly stay in the other Islamic countries and stay out of our freedom loving nations. Oh yeah, u can’t because Muslims can’t and won’t live in harmony with other Muslims so they invade into our democratic countries. Hmm what does that say about them?! Oh yeah, Sharia law…doesn’t work!!!!” another added.
“I think this is totally awesome, all countries should think this way, you either follow the law of the land or go to a country that is already Muslim based law. We don’t conform to you , you conform to the host country. I don’t push my religious beliefs on you , you don’t push your beliefs on me,” another reader commented.
