AN angry mother has accused a primary school of denying her child water on one of the hottest days of the year to avoid upsetting Muslim pupils observing Ramadan.
Kora Blagden, 32, claimed a teacher at her 10-year-old son Luke’s school refused to let him drink from his water bottle because it was “unfair” to fasting classmates.
Many pupils at Charles Dickens Primary School, in Portsmouth, Hants, are following the religious edict that forbids them from eating or drinking between sunrise and sunset.
Mother-of-four Ms Blagden said: “Just before bedtime my sons and I were talking about Ramadan as we had seen it on the news. Luke said to me he was told he wasn’t allowed to drink in class by his teacher. [Daily Express] Read more
