Muslims claim sons discriminated against at two top Catholic schools [IrishTimes]
- Published: 27 September 2011
FOUR MUSLIM families have alleged their sons are being discriminated against at two leading Catholic boys secondary schools in south Co Dublin.
In two instances, the Department of Education has overturned decisions by each school – St Benildus and Oatlands Colleges – not to enrol Muslim boys when parents appealed under section 29 of the 1998 Education Act.
However, of the four Muslim families who have daughters, they said they have encountered no difficulty in enrolling them in girls’ secondary schools in the same Stillorgan area.
Azzedine Medbou and his wife are from Algeria and have been in Ireland since 1999. Their five daughters and one son attended Our Lady’s Grove primary school on Goatstown Road, with the older girls progressing to the nearby Jesus Mary College.
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