Why I banned prayer in my school | Katharine Birbalsingh
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- Katharine Birbalsingh, otherwise known as Britain's strictest headteacher, explains why she banned prayer at her school in her first broadcast interview since the controversial move.
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I live in France and I recall that about 10 years ago a school in Juan La Pin came under fire because the Muslims complained that a student had bought ham sandwiches for lunch. This was huge in the media . The mayor of Juan La Pin told the Muslims concerned that there is over 45 countries that would uphold the rules of the Muslim religion and offered to pay for their flights to those countries. If you come to Western Europe for a better life then you must be prepared to accept the culture, if not then don`t come here.
We need a Ham Sandwich day throughout Europe.
The Muslims Religion takes over. They do not submit. One also has to know the difference between Good and Evil. Also look at the character and Nature of any Religion
That’s fair enough, but it works both ways, yet history suggests otherwise.
Legend!! That happened? Things have changed. What a shame.
😂😂so amusing when colonisers try to ship people of colour to another country
Why no attempts to find those who were threatening violence or death? In all these cases the Police have never made any arrests, why? This is the reason why these people are getting more and more troublesome.
Ban Quran
In uk police is useless...there is no law.
Because it was a lie, made up stories. This should have been investigated extensively. Why was this all brushed aside?
Take your lying self somewhere else
Very TRUE.
Anyone making death threats against teachers for doing their best needs a good hard look at themselves!
Actually they should be deported to their Muslim country.
Happens to footballers more.
The muslim MP Zarah Sultana has recently said she and other muslim MPs get death threats all the time from racists.
Just arrest them!
Well they don’t because they think they are right!
Katharine you are so right! I wish you courage, strength and open public support!
Respect to you Kathleen you are an amazing woman and you're only concern is for our children. If some people don't like what you are doing thay can send there children to a school that they do like what they are doing
Is not Muslim prayer ban, it is any prayer ban. If they were to get a prayer room for muslims they would have to do it for all other religions. This teacher is so right!
Imagine if all student went to prayer rooms all day long.
No you just have one prayer room that people can share or use at different times. They had this when i was at school, its not a difficult concept.
You do know that only muslims pray at Midday as they have MIDDAY PRAYER starts... so the targetted group is obvious in here... I think a room should be allocated for praying , of course it ll be used only at Break time. Simple
Catholics have their own schools. Moslems have theirs. Most English schools are Church of England. If you don't like it send your kids to a moslem school
Thats not true. As a Christian, i can pray anytime of the day. The difference between Muslims and Christians is that Christians can pray anywhere anytime and anyhow. Average Christians pray before meals, before start learning, before talking with someone something deep and so on. We even fast too. We just shouldn't make it obvious to anyone that's why we are kept out of these discussions. Jesus tells us to go in privacy when we want to pray so we can ask for a room if possible but not required. The same is for other religious groups. Generally speaking, Muslims tend to be more vocal about prayers but lots of religious groups like Hindus would want a room too. Its not practical
@elmestico
Ten minutes of pure wisdom. Well done to Callum for letting Katharine speak.
O l. L
if she is so wise - why is her school in this crazy mess ??
maybe because OCD does not lend itself to managing a school in a sensible way.. maybe cos trying to solve precise bullying issues by bringing in over the top draconian rules on prayer is counterproductive.. maybe cos she let obsession with image override respect for the basic rights of pupils..
@@andipandi5641It's the Islamic crazies who are causing all the trouble. They want her out so they can replace her with a Muslim. That's how they think and how they take control and take over.
Meanwhile our British Jewish neighbours have lived peacefully and quietly here in the UK since around 1066, and no terrorist bombing attacks from them and making demands and trying to take over. Says it all doesn't it!
@@irene56I absolutely agree with you! She is a shining star, a pure Gem of a head teacher.
@@irene56 have there not been bomb threats..
does she herself not admit to bullying and coercion and imply that she has no effective way of dealing with that ??
"She is treating each child equally" - otherwise known as colour-blind racism - everyone is equally free to do whatever they like apart from those things that many of the muslims want to do.
This lady is doing her job, and doing it well. She is ensuring the children at her school are receiving a good education, in a safe environment. If you don't like how she runs her school, send your children elsewhere.
Where are other professionals and parents I wonder.
What a racist teacher...... She has no right to close the prayer room. She is excessively managing childrens behaviours she has absolute no right to interfere any of the childrens behaviour as it is not harming any one. She clearly hates muslim
Non of her business if a girl started to wear a head scarf
None of her business if a child start to pray etc. honestly Christians are on and off when it comes to follow the religion the world would be a better place if the professionals can be a professionals ones
All she is doing is capitulating to bullies. She isn't fostering inclusion in a way that helps children understand each other. She is actively making her school secular
@@bereal6590 Since when this was supposed to be a religious school?
The lady is talking common sense I back her 100%. Muslims think that the world revolves around them .
Very well done Catherine for standing up to do the right thing rather than bowing down to the narrow minded few.❤🎉🎉
This woman is just what schools need.
Soon they’ll ban Xmas plays cuz it to do with Christianity
Or cancel religious studies classes and teach 🌈 classes instead cuz it’s “‘diverse”
The West is founded by Christians, built by Christians, being run by Christians using Christian Bible inspired laws and theories. There should never be any other religious practice in any institution except for Christianity. PERIOD.
She's one remarkable lady! God bless you, Katharine!
you ban prays to god ,when you hate God ... think before you comment
Frankly, I'm surprised she was able to see common sense coming from the education system.
Anyone can pray at any time. You pray in your thoughts. You can pray at home, on the bus, anywhere. This is a school, not a mosque. Those who do not like it, can go elsewhere.@@zakjuly6721
What she’s a racist
@@zakjuly6721 Translate please. Was it English?
She actually sounds like a really good headteacher…
Best ever. You’d want your children to go to her school which always gets excellent exam marks. If you want your kids to do well, she’s the one to enable them.
Not really if she's doing interviews with far right outlets instead of working.
@@bugwandis Not her choice - forced on her by the judge and the Islamofascists.
@@bugwandis These are not far right outlets. Maybe the far left outlets should invite her?
They are going to come for her job now
Complete and utter respect for Miss/Mrs Birbalsignh. She understands that children need discipline to thrive. No wonder that school is outstanding for many years.
What a racist teacher...... She has no right to close the prayer room. She is excessively managing childrens behaviours she has absolute no right to interfere any of the childrens behaviour as it is not harming any one. She clearly hates muslim
Non of her business if a girl started to wear a head scarf
None of her business if a child start to pray etc. honestly Christians are on and off when it comes to follow the religion the world would be a better place if the professionals can be a professionals ones
i have none at all if she cannot effectively manage a school without bringing in crazy and over the top rules..
why can she not simply - stand up to bullying but without unfairly curtailing anyone's basic rights..
she is out of her depth and either created this crazy mess or allowed it to happen..
Having religious beliefs is not a discipline unless your Stalin or Mao!!
@@andipandi5641 You are out of your depth, its hard to stand up to bullying when people like you attack her for doing so!
@@andipandi5641 Did you actually pay attention to her replies during the interview or did you form your opinion first!
Well done Katherine, I applaud you, You are a saint, someone with common sense,
Well spoken madam. If only the rest of society could be so open. 🙏🙏🙏
And intelligent.
If you are in a secular European country, no religious symbols nor acts are necessary. If you are in private (christian or whatever) school, however, deal with it or send your kids elsewhere.
The school is state-funded. Current law requires all state-funded schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to hold daily acts of ‘Collective Worship’. In England and Wales in schools with no formal religious character this worship must be ‘wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character’. In Northern Ireland the requirement is for ‘undenominational’ collective worship.
@@bookie5667 IMO time to get rid of these daily acts ... more than overdue.
Yet The Monarchy Practice It...
@@bookie5667 Thank goodness ! Someone who recognises that it is nonsense to describe any UK state school as secular
@@galbax1 IKR. I never said I agree with it, I'm just stating what the current law says
Mad respect for this wise woman.
Why are you calling her mad?that rude.
Mad respect for someone who doesn't let people pray? LOL!!! You are a joke of a human being
@user-du7vx3ly5e are you illiterate or just trolling?
The West is founded by Christians, built by Christians, being run by Christians using Christian Bible inspired laws and theories. There should never be any other religious practice in any institution except for Christianity. PERIOD.
@@user-du7vx3ly5e You are having a linguistic cultural misunderstanding. "Mad respect" is English slang/ colloquial for "extremely high levels of respect...". It's not rude; it's a compliment.
We have to have leaders who will stop this absurd bigotry. I imagine the people terrorising don't have children in this wonderful school. Where is the support and protection for this woman who does more for democracy than many politicians.
Everywhere they go they create havoc
What a racist teacher...... She has no right to close the prayer room. She is excessively managing childrens behaviours she has absolute no right to interfere any of the childrens behaviour as it is not harming any one. She clearly hates muslim
Non of her business if a girl started to wear a head scarf
None of her business if a child start to pray etc. honestly Christians are on and off when it comes to follow the religion the world would be a better place if the professionals can be a professionals ones
Most... politicians, may I suggest?
She isn't doing anything for democracy. She isn't ensuring all children are equal in her school. She is the one that's intimidated and then allowing people to alter the lives of the children within her school. Plus she is hiding her own agendas
@@kenhutley971 oh, be fair Ken, thereare one or two worth their salary.
I'm someone who use to be a muslim, she has every right to say prayers aren't allowed in school and it doesn't involve only one particular religion but any. I've seen these chanting of "shariah for UK", we need more people like her
The court must be on her side.
Why? How was she ever a muslim and how does that give her rights to take away anyone elses rights?
How many rakah In wudhu salah?
How many units in tajweed prayer?
If you used to be a Muslim, answer the above
@@Dimensionalalteration It isn't taking your rights though is it. You're entitled to be any religion you want and you can pray in your own time. Also have you not realised yet just how radical western countries are becoming because of Islamic groups and the spread of it? It's growing. Look at the recent terror marches in London. No thanks, let's just keep all religion out of schools and focus on education. Math, English, chemistry, biology, physics, history and other classes are far more important.
@@JohnSims-xxxthere we go
theres no such thing as wudhu salah
Well done Katharine such a star, she needs our support.
Those who use racist abuse of any kind should be told to leave the school unacceptable same woth religious bullying
She said the racist abuse was coming from outside the school community.
@@Naomi-de2ps needs to be reported if found to be connected to families in school. They should be told to leave there is no place for this behaviour in or around our school those who want hard line Islam should put there children into Muslim schools
@@fionaowen5164 She said it was from outside of the school community.
Katharine is a HERO with common sense... I applaud her!
How can she ban what she can't see . We will still pray b
@@jamescook4402
We know, that's why we should ban any religious pupils and especially Muslims, whether they pray or not.
She's a hero only to fools like her.
@jamescook4402 FFS, she said she has no problem with silent prayer. Did you even watch the video?.🤦♂️🤦♂️
We never had this problem when I was a boy (70 years ago) I wonder why🙃
because this country is more multicultural now after immigration. you don't have to be embarrassed to say that. it makes it seem worse when you are
Your memory is not so good is it. Catholic vs Protestant in Ireland & Scotland.
Because your country reaped what it sowed from back when it decided it wanted to be a globe spanning Empire
@@BubbleGendut The Catholic/Protestant divide goes back centuries and does not exist in most of the country. The fact that it has taken literally hundreds of years to get to this level of peace is precisely why it was always a crazy idea to introduce large numbers of people dedicated and devoted to other religions. It is not as though the differences between Catholic and Protestant are even that huge.
@@BubbleGendut And irreligious kids like me were told they were 'CofE'.
Incredible woman! We need more people like her
If those bullies do not like this great school then they can leave...I have a child who will follow the rules but there is no space for my child.
So why is there no space for your child....are his/ her religions tenants being disregarded in some way .............or are you just trying to justify your bigotry ?
@@agaragar21 The school is full..there is a waiting list because it's a great school...
@@agaragar21 : maybe better for everyone if you and people who think like you went back to wherever TF you came from.
Don't send your child to this school.
They might get good grades and behave well in the present but they won't forgive you in the future.
@@agaragar21 ?
I stand with Katherine.
Me too..
And me.
In a youtube comments section, you brave soul 🤣(souls don't exist.)
Katherine has the right to defend herself
From her own lies
Anonymously
Brilliant lady and let's hope common sense prevails and she recieves support from the Dept of Education.
Common sense left this country. We have followers of one cult ruling the rest of us.
What a racist teacher...... She has no right to close the prayer room. She is excessively managing childrens behaviours she has absolute no right to interfere any of the childrens behaviour as it is not harming any one. She clearly hates muslim
Non of her business if a girl started to wear a head scarf
None of her business if a child start to pray etc. honestly Christians are on and off when it comes to follow the religion the world would be a better place if the professionals can be a professionals ones
Her mistake was allowing prayer in the yard, this then escalated to the current situation.
Give an inch ?
I like this woman we need more people like this .
My school in the 80s was multicultural by default cause was in Aston in Birmingham. I'm not aware that it took any particular pains on the school's part to get us all hanging out together. Kids naturally wish to be friends with each other
Exactly this. It’s really not hard.
Unfortunately, Muslims generally do not want to mix with 'unbelievers'. The problem is that many Muslim children don't take it that seriously, but there is a real push these days from the more devout Muslims to make them toe the line. Hence why it is different now from the 1980s.
My 60/70s high school had one Muslim, Abdul, and one Jew, Ben. Great lads. They were excused the morning assembly which was Church of England based, with hymns, prayers, and a bible reading. I joined them as I declared I was Atheist, which caused some consternation.
( I bought two tickets off Ben for a concert because he couldn't go, which is how I managed to see Led Zeppelin in 1971 for the princely sum of £1 = $2 or so. Thanks, Ben! )
@@terencejay8845Dhaka and Cairo had less population then
Not any more. They e been brainwashed with liberal ideology or Islamic fundamentalism. Hard to say which is worse
Brilliant lady
But this will not stop sadly
She always seems like a control freak fascist to me.
@@KevinSheedy10😂 ok
@@giveusanepleasebob992Would any normal well balanced person really want to be publicly known as the strictest headteacher in the UK and actually encourage the mantle? She seems to have an enormous ego.
If only we could clone this brilliant head teacher and the teachers, Sunak take notice this is GUTS , 👏👏👏👏
I wish she was Prime Minister...If our politicians had as much imagination and guts as her the country wouldn`t have degenerated as fast as it undoubtedly has ever since the 1970s.
The West is founded by Christians, built by Christians, being run by Christians using Christian Bible inspired laws and theories. There should never be any other religious practice in any institution except for Christianity. PERIOD.
What a fantastic headteacher!
Isn't she just! A shining example to all head teachers. And I don't think she is the kind of person to let these morons force her out! I sincerely hope not anyway. That would be absolutely terrible.
Congratulations! I admire this head teacher enormously ❤
The old saying - Give them an inch and they'll take a mile, comes to mind
Very much TRUE
They believe in maximum child birth to make their population highest what a mentality.
We need more women like her.
She is a shining example of excellence in her profession ! Lack of integration in society is the one single thing that will finally bring the country down - she is not prepared to compromise on this and put up with intimidation - and rightly so ! Outstanding leader !
What a racist abuser teacher...... She has no right to close the prayer room. She is excessively managing childrens behaviours she has absolute no right to interfere any of the childrens behaviour as it is not harming any one. She clearly hates muslim
Non of her business if a girl started to wear a head scarf
None of her business if a child start to pray etc. honestly Christians are on and off when it comes to follow the religion the world would be a better place if the professionals can be a professionals ones
She is doing exactly the opposite of what you state. She is making everyone appear to be the same when they're not. That just means those kids see the others as different. Teaching involves understanding and empathy involvement and inclusion. She is doing the exact opposite of what she is saying. If you have a school with lots of different kids and cultures, you have them understand differences as well as similarities
@@bereal6590 Rugged individualist here. There are times when it's fine to glory in your differences and there are times when you should simply go with the flow without constantly harping on your separateness and demanding special treatment. Outside of religious or national ceremonies, I don't much like to see special behaviour or attire which announces people's loyalties, mainly mostly they are giving me the answer to a question that I didn't ask. It's a way of 'getting your point in first.'
@@heron6462 agreed to a degree. The problem here is the divisions are vast between a very religious group and non religious group. Integration/multiculturalism does not work if you ignore differences, instead you create 'groups' who don't mix or come together. When people do mix and come together they understand each other better. There is no better environment than during educational years to stop bullying and be inclusive while people are young
@@bereal6590 A good point, but it's difficult to ignore differences when people deliberately draw your attention to their differences in an attempt to oblige you to draw too heavily on your default-level friendliness and goodwill. The problem with deeply held national and religious beliefs is that they are not reachable by rational discussion and are often placed as a necessary exception to the everyday social contract.
Please don’t let this Trojan Horse into the school! If you give in to the bullying this time, the Muslim families will demand you make more changes to suit their ideology. I’m thinking about UK upholding freedom of speech.
Ya, a kid praying is against freedom of speech! Freedom of speech is respecting everyone's speech, not a specific narrative.
@@Besthinktwice Freedom of speech is agreeing to disagree, pragmatism, not dogmatism. Secularism is freedom to practice any religion without showing Bias, however, not to incline to any religion (French secularism is exception). Freedom of speech must guarantee to express the opinion of a religious person and secular person.
@Besthinktwice Freedom of speech means people should be allowed to express themselves in ways you disagree, i.e praying to a God you don´t believe in"
Freedom to express your opinion is different from imposing your idea on others. You can believe your opinion without curtailing a student's right to pray. Similarly, a religious person has no right to forcefully say a secular person to worship God. Here, the student did not impose the head teacher to pray, but the head-teacher is using her power to prevent her right to worship.
Give the kids a choice to eat meat an fish
That works the other way around too. Enforcement of non-faith is also corrosion
how on earth are other headteachers against this woman...values...gameplan...common sense.....diciplined...
She is in a position of power with a unique opportunity to teach kids about each others values and cultures. Instead she chooses to squash individuality and inclusion. If she had kids in the school bullying, that was a teaching moment! You don't ban things that never helps anything. If she had bomb threats then you work with the police, you don't punish the kids for it
@@bereal6590Be real! It's the Muslim parents who are stopping the kids from integrating and going to school. This head teacher is amazing and ahead of her time. Third world mentality has no place in that school or any western school.
@@bereal6590 A teaching moment! My goodness that is such a sage comment.
@@Worldagenda24 by integrating, you mean that they aren't aligning to the views of this woman. News flash a lot of people don't align with her views.
@@johnlouw6449 I shall assume your comment is the lowest form of wit, nice one didn't land
God bless her, and keep her and her family safe.
Good for you, Katherine!
Well done Katharine, you are an absolute star.
What a brilliant and truthful woman keep it up hope it all goes well for you x.
They will continue to push and push until they achieve their Sharia law. With our spineless politicians- especially Labour the Muslim vote counters- it will not be long.
Bomb threats, intimidation and the religion of peace...
She said the threats were not from parents of the children
She said it was from outside. So atheists.
@@jennybaboolal4777 So? They weren't from the Salvation Army, were they?
They were anti-black racists. Chances are, they were right-wing white people.
@@UltimatePiccololmao….from atheists
💠📍Bravo ! Miss ⭐️Katharine Birbalsingh, for being a resolute, principled, exemplary Head Teacher, from whom, even the World should learn from.
💠📍 KEEP ON.
She's absolutely right. Pray in your own time! Pray in your head - nobody can stop you doing that and you're harming no-one.
Such antisocial and intolerable behaviour by indoctrinated children has been allowed to persist by consistent governments that have created the necessary conditions in which ghetto's are formed by having a high concentration of people of a particular faith.
Resulting in dogmatic diktats by the minority imposing its will, their sensibilities and cultural norms upon others turning a school into a religious school at whim of the mob.
New laws must be introduced for a no nonsense approach which vehemently states that any child or parent exhibiting such behaviour will be relayed to the home office and they will revoke the citizenship's of the family and children resulting in their deporting within 48hrs to Rwanda or from whence they came as well as being issued with a lifetime immigration ban.
This is where the state can prevent the ghettoisation of towns and communties across Britain and re-establish order.
This woman is great.
After the Birmingham Primary School protests, Batley Grammar School incident, Kettlethorpe High School incident, Barclays Primary School incident, and now this Michaela Community School incident - it just seems like there's a common theme running throughout
Yes let them in the country, then give them an inch and in return they demand a mile.
Yes you will bend to are ways as you are only mere citizens of this country sounds about right l would say
Oh my goodness, such venom!@@jacquelineithell307
*our ways @@jacquelineithell307
Correct.
Marvellous woman!
And they say we haven't got a Muslim problem in this country
People still do not get it........ These Salafists slip in silently in a community when they have a certain number of people in and around the community it slowly begins.
First dimming of Christmas celebrations, than Halloween and suddenly you are not allowed to serve any food in the school-cantene that is not Halal....... 😐😑😔😒
We live in a society of bullies. Bullies are forcing people to do what they want. Enough of the bullying.
Respect. A true educationist. She is trying to create an equal playing field🎉
Religion can generally be relied on to make any given situation worse.
Give the atheists some credit too.
@@alanbeaumont4848 If you mean Stalin, he had an ideology - and that's just as bad as a religion.
@@alanbeaumont4848 If they are atheist they have no need to pray and therefore there is no problem - unfortunately human nature is such that there is no shortage of alternative potential problems!
@@garyfletcher1910 I think that if anybody spoke against the personality cult (effectively a religion) their personal situation would get worse very quickly.
it was basically a religion, if you substitute god for personality cult, but an interesting point is why communism took root - it had a lot to do with repressing serfs, and I wonder who was doing that?@@mickeythompson9537
Reciprocity and values, and culture and identity. Charity starts at home!
Amazing. Absolute respect. True Head Teacher
UK needs to protect this woman, we saw what these islamists did in France to teachers.
What did they do in France?
@@twallace9533 They chopped off that teachers head in public for talking about mohammed.
What a wonderful woman. It will be a sad day if the High court rules against her. God Bless you Katharine. ❤
Well done ....❤
This lady is legend.
Stay strong . Do not bow to this 7th century minded sect . They had a choice and they chose this school If they don't like it take your kids out.
I love this head teacher !! We need more like her with her strict policies across the UK !! None of this WOKE claptrap …
There is absolutely no issues with allowing children to pray in their free time - they should not be compelling others to, however.
It's a small school with 350 Muslims! If they were to take up much needed space, like she said it would disrupt other children! And that certainly isn't right or fair. If they want to pray 5 times a day to the invisible man in the sky, then they can pray in their heads.
@@Worldagenda24you cant “pray in your head” in islam maybe do some research before yapping online
Stay home and do your prayers, bloody nonsense people
@@Hs-iy7ix why at home though? Why not in school or work. It’s 5 min and bothers nobody, except you apparently
No children should be exposed to religious nonsense OF ANY KIND! Teach them respect for human lives and natural science, not existential confusion and compulsive religious ideas! It is largely about power, fear, brainwashing and tragically people ending up killing eachother
Religion is childish I'm embarrassed for anyone who buying into it.
@nicolajohnson1887 you two are brainwashed.
It's the law that there are acts of religious worship our schools though. It has to be Christian indoctrination. Banning other religions prayers is racist.
@@nicolajohnson1887 so is western culture, but here we are not knowing what a real man or women is, teaching our children that men can menstrate. I'm embarrassed of that we need get our own house in order.
@nicolajohnson1887 this comment is rather childish, particularly when I'm sure you yourself are devoid of any answers.
Any sensible and fair society would rally round and support this outstanding headmistress
@@Besthinktwicedid you not listen?
Headteacher should be able to do what she thinks best for the education of the pupils .
@@Besthinktwice the school has a policy in place. All the parents knew what they were letting themselves into. If you don't like something just move on to where you'll be much happier. Don't preach to me about an ideology that has no place in England or the uk/Ireland.
@@TheMegahuskyIt’s an Abrahamic religion. Would you prefer neo-paganism? Because it’s been hard to get to the historical roots due to all the destruction of culture. Or Celtic practice? Guess we’re gonna need to get some more big rocks.
She should speak 🇺🇲🇨🇦
Bravo! Children actually learn in this school.
I absolutely agree in a multicultural society schools university and in fact public spaces should remain secular. Islam allows worshippers to pray at a later time. Those people who says otherwise have a hidden political agenda.
School is for EDUCATION ... Mosques, Churches and Temples are for prayer (or home) but leave our SCHOOLS alone.
whats wrong with people praying in their breaks?
so should festivals or holy days/ holidays be kept out of schools?
Christmas specially. We get 2 weeks holidays!! all the card sending, the Christmas trees planted in every corridor, singing Christmas carols. Yeah Suzie puzie. Christmas in schools should be the first thing banned in schools.
What type of education? Where children are encouraged to chop off their penises or chop of their chests?
Why have a prayer room? Kids can pray at home, but there doesn't need to be a special room for one particular religion. Islamism has no place in a tax payer funded school.
prayer rooms are generally shared by all faiths. it's literally just a regular room but with the purpose of people praying privately
Islamism? Christians, Jews and Muslims are obligated to conduct daily prayers - why not facilitate it. What are you scared of
As a devout druid, I require a stone circle. As a panthiest, I demand a woodland dell. As a shaman, my kids must take their psychoactives on a full stomach at lunchtime to reach the required dream state before break-time. If we all share the same prayer room, who clears up the mess following the crusades, fatwa, pogroms and Bantu expansion? @AWorld180
What are you talking about? They were praying in their school break.
Then you can bring your own stone circle, muslims bring their own prayer mats...@@markkieran1004
Wow...Take a Bow Katharine..... take a bow!! 👌🪐☀
Wonderful Head teacher, very level headed and sensible! All heads should be like this. Sounds like an amazing integrated school! The people causing the trouble with the threats etc should find a Muslim only school for their, kids! But saying that I feel sorry for the children having to move school, also the fact that it sounds like they are being brainwashed and radicalised by their parents. This has be stopped in its tracks, it's ridiculous thats it's allowed to happen in England in 2024. We will end up like a third world country if it's not nipped in the bud!
Being a cynic, I would be inclined to detect a pattern here! When we view recent "school controversies", or "school incidents", there has been a constant common denominator.
I leave the reader to insert, that which they think it might be: ....................
The religion of peace strikes again.
!5l4m
Great decision. Pray in your hearts and heads. No need to tell anyone you are praying. Her model can be used in many areas and situations.
Muslims must follow strict rules when prayering. Like washing, pray mats and facing a certain direction. This is simply aimed at hating. ona particular group. She knows for a fact this only affects muslims.
Then pray at the mosque and at home. This is not hate. Why do we always have to make it convenient for muslims everywhere? Live in a country with a muslim majority and see if they give a damn about anyone else.@@sitruchtims9392
Then they can choose to go to a different school. All schools have their rules, choose one that suits you and your child. Accusing this lady of 'hate', sending threats to her person...that's not a nice way to behave.@@sitruchtims9392
@@sitruchtims9392they can always move to another country
@@lesvampyres5429and on a winter day how do you make up all 4 prayers when u get home. stop talking nonsense
Good for her School is for children to learn.
And the transgenger in the school, its okay?
@@sorasasa No that shouldn't be anywhere near a school and children just as Islam should not be involved in a School unless it is a Religious school.
I admire the lady who protects the kids from adult complexity.
I'd send my child to her school anyday What a sensible lady
Please don't ever give in to the haters.you're a very kind person with a big ❤🙂🇬🇧
Katharine Birbalsingh is the sort of headteacher we need in EVERY UK school IMO.
Total respect to you!
A schools primary duty is to give a rounded education to our children.
We are a Christian country anyway, not to be invaded by radical muslims, so if these parents want a school of faith then go elsewhere!!
And in most school you have attend church or sing hymns… you’re actually just racist
We are not a Christian country The last census 52% were non religious
How can it be a Christian country when only 5% of the population go to church. Uk is secular
True colour revealed right there. We are not a Christian country any more. The majority of people are not Christians.
@@BubbleGendut point is, it’s not bigoted like France, let people practice their faith in peace so long as there is NO compulsion
Well done and great salute to Katharine, as a open minded and person who is focusing to kids education and well being.
I'm surprised the playground is visible from the street, most schools screen them.
Katherine Birbalsingh is an outstanding headteacher, a great person and should be a national hero... Setting high British standards for our children!
that didn't age well did it
Bravo! We must take a stand against these fiends who are threatening our children and teachers and our country and values. This brave lady is an outstanding head teacher and that is why her school is being targeted by islam.
Teacher being abused over this issue is unacceptable. The Muslim students shouldn’t bully and coercive others like this
All Muslim prayer should be banned in schools in the UK.
Same for Christians, Jews, Sikhs and Hindus then please
@@AWorld180 if he were consistent but he's probably a biggot
whilst a woman has now been arrested twice and had a fixed penalty for silent, as in, in her own mind, prayers, outside an abortion centre...
yet muslims can pray anywhere without prosecution.
why was she praying outside an abortion centre?
It's a human right to be able to pray. If you want to pray before an exam or something, understand that this witch has nothing on you. I'd willingly go to detentions if I felt the need to pray there as a Christian. Personally I'm having trouble remembering the last time anyone was punished for praying the Shema, can anyone remind me?
Exactly. This isn’t about prayer, it’s about punishing Muslims. And it does breach the equality act as a form of indirect discrimination, so if justice still means anything in this country the legal challenge should be successful. Just let the kids pray ffs how hard is it? Guarantee if this was a school trying to stop Christian children from praying there would be uproar. People throw a fit when you tell them schools won’t do nativities anymore
What an amazing woman - Really passionate about letting the kids connect and grow without restriction.
she’s fantastic
No, she’s a bigot
You go multicultural you get multicultural problems
I am an ex Muslim and I am glad that I left such a tribal cult
Can we keep religion out of schools completely? If religion is a right, children should have the right to refuse as well. But they have to follow their parents religion at home and the community's religion at school
I wonder what religion the people who were making the threats follow? Surely not the religion of peace? 5:05 free roamly ? Interesting! No beef, okay. No pork, for the best. But why no fish or chicken? No religion bans those.
The threats were made by people who didn’t want any prayers. Those people saw children praying and sent in threats to stop praying.
I think it is absolutely wrong that we have faith based schools in this country in 2024. Schools should be not just for learning knowledge but also for social integration. Children who have immigrant parents who don't want their offspring to integrate can use faith schools as a means of isolating their children from the world - especially girls. Just for this one reason faith based schools should be banned and religion removed totally other than religious education teaching children what religion is and the differences - nothing more. It really make me sick.
Excellence on display here. Smart assertive articulate teacher who could teach any of my kids any day. And an interviewer who listened (maybe let her use the building limitation story a bit too much) and facilitated an intelligent conversation. Facts. Specifics. Details. Options considered. Decisions made in balanced way and then explained well. Thank you both.
Brave , Honest and Creative Woman...needs all the support 'we' can give her.
WONDERFUL WOMAN THIS IS HOW & WHY "WESTERN" METHOD WORKS,SHE IS HONEST!
An articulate headmistress with an intellectual approach to multiculturalism. Good work 👌🏻
This Headteacher is a very successful one - she should be allowed to carry on running her school her way. If there are any parents of children at her school who do not like that then they have the choice to take their child away from that school and find one more suited to their needs. END OF STORY.
The families know the school's ethos and policies before signing on the dotted line, so to speak. The issue of a prayer room can be dealt with via dialogue.
Give an Inch a mile will be taken….. over & over
For those saying it isn't a Muslim prayer ban, it is. It's a clever way to allow people of other faiths to eg quietly pray on a bench as their religion allows, but specifically prevents Muslims from practising their prayers. How is praying five minutes going to 'destroy the cohesion of the school' or 'go against Britishness'? How ironic that she claims she wants 'equality' but at the same time discriminate against Muslims by not allowing them their freedom of identity and religion as Muslims. Sounds like the hijab ban in France. To 'liberate everyone' everyone has to be forced to behave the same. That's not respecting difference, it's imposing a monolithic culture where no one is allowed to 'step out of line', all because she thinks praying 5 minutes at lunch is a problem. So glad I didn't put my children in that school. Shame on her.
Keep your prayers in your mosque.
Don't like the rules ? Then don't send your kids there , how hard is that ? This is Islam flexing !
@@You.are.boring.me.now2024 There was no ban *BEFORE*. She introduced it after the parents enrolled their children.
@@colincampbell4261 Why, bigot?
@@WillScarlet1991
There was no prayer room or organised prayer , as she said there was no issue for years but then clearly some activists got involved and she allowed pupils to pray in the playground which seems to have annoyed some people , I would suggest those people were Muslims from the more conservative end of the scale who saw them praying outside and concluded that this school was not catering to their religious sensitivities. It is very simple , if you want your kids to get a good education at a highly rated school you need to accept that your religion is not important to anybody else but you, if you can't do that remove your children. I for one am getting tired of this cult bullying all and sundry with their demands.
Lady, you make perfect sense. Keep it up. Dont let bigots and brainwashed people influence you.
This is a very good headmistress and wise in her dealing with a complex situation. Sounds like it is the Islamic folk who are threatening her and her staff.
I am disgusted that this sort of terrorism (death threats, etc) and attempted brainwashing is so often happening and not been prohibited by government legislation.