{"id":3567,"date":"2024-12-26T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2024-12-26T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:42:34","slug":"wesley-girls-shs-sued-for-refusing-a-moslem-student-to-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/wesley-girls-shs-sued-for-refusing-a-moslem-student-to-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Girls SHS Sued for Refusing a Moslem Student to Pray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wesley Girls Senior High School (SHS) has been sued for allegedly suppressing the religious rights of Muslim students. The lawsuit, filed by Shafic Osman, claims that the school has systematically denied Muslim students the right to practice their faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"593\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7916.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3571 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/593;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Osman argues that, the school&#8217;s policy of prohibiting Islamic practices is unconstitutional and undermines the welfare of Muslim students. He is seeking a declaration that the school&#8217;s policy is contrary to the 1992 Constitution and that it violates international human rights standards for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"593\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7916-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3572 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/593;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit also demands that the school abolish its rule restricting Muslim students&#8217; religious practices, allowing them to perform their faith freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Osman is seeking an order directing the Ghana Education Service to establish guidelines for regulating religious practices in public schools, ensuring compliance with the constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wesley Girls SHS Sued for Refusing a Moslem Student to Pray<\/p>\n<p>Wesley Girls Senior High School (SHS) has been sued for allegedly suppressing the religious rights of Muslim students. The lawsuit, filed by Shafic Osman, claims that the school has systematically denied Muslim students the right to practice their faith.<\/p>\n<p>Osman argues that the school&#8217;s policy of prohibiting Islamic practices is unconstitutional and undermines the welfare of Muslim students. He is seeking a declaration that the school&#8217;s policy is contrary to the 1992 Constitution and that it violates international human rights standards for children.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also demands that the school abolish its rule restricting Muslim students&#8217; religious practices, allowing them to perform their faith freely. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Osman is seeking an order directing the Ghana Education Service to establish guidelines for regulating religious practices in public schools, ensuring compliance with the constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3567"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3575,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567\/revisions\/3575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}