Teachers deny boy water to avoid upsetting Muslims

Islam says no water for you.

Just when you think things can’t any more ridiculous in the UK.

An angry mother has accused a primary school of denying her child water on one of the hottest days of the year for fear of upsetting Muslims observing Ramadan.

Kora Blagden, 32, claimed a teacher at her son Luke’s school refused to let the 10-year old drink from his water bottle because it was unfair to fasting classmates.

Many pupils at Charles Dickens Primary School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, are fasting during Ramadan, which means they refrain from taking food or water between sunrise and sunset for around 30 days, depending on the moon reports the UK Daily Mail.

Luke (on left) was not allowed
to drink water on a hot day
because it might upset Muslims.

Mother-of-four Kora said: ‘Just before bedtime me and my sons Luke, ten, and Alfie, eight, 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.

‘The reason being, a child who is fasting had a headache and the teacher said it would be unfair if the other children drank in front of the pupil.'

'They normally have their bottles on their table but they were kept in a tray by the teacher.

'He went along with it but he was thirsty and didn’t want to offend the other children.
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'Alfie said he was allowed to drink in the morning but not in the afternoon.

'Luke was dehydrated when he got home and drunk three glasses of water straight away.'

Charles Dickens is an inner-city school just streets away from the birthplace of the world-famous author of the same name.
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The school said there was no ban on children from other religions having food and drink during Ramadan but refused to comment on this individual case.
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Portsmouth City Council, which runs the 300-pupil school, also declined to comment.

Water offends Allah