Religion is such a sensitive matter but very opinionated as many will hold stand to different beliefs depending on what manages to convince them to sway to the side they lay their trust
As such controversies and debate often arise when a certain religious party is challenged or attacked.
In a suit filed by the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) and a parent, the two petitioners are protesting against new policies that restricts their children from conducting Muslim prayers within the school compound.
They argue that Muslim pupils at Oshwal Academy had been going home over lunch hour for their dhuhr (midday) prayers but they have since been stopped from doing so.
Since the introduction of the policy barring parents from picking their children over lunch hour, the pupils had resorted to conducting their prayers in the classrooms.
However, the school issued a directive banning them having prayers within the school compound.
According to the petitioners, the management said it would not allow “ritualistic prayers at the school as one can pray in his heart where God lives”.
They said the directive is discriminatory against Muslims considering that Jain prayers are conducted during assemblies and opening days.
“The school’s board is coercing and making veiled threats through circulars which demand that parents should commit that their children shall abide by the new policies lest their enrollment at the institution is discontinued,” the parents said through lawyer Ali Mahmud Mohamed.