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United Kingdom: A teaching assistant who discriminated against a child on religious grounds is seeking compensation for religious discrimination. Sariya Allen quit her job at a London school after she was disciplined for refusing to hear a child reading aloud from a Harry Potter book. She claims the books glorify witchcraft.
Ms Allen, 47, said the mother of a seven-year-old girl who was a fluent reader had complained to the girl's teacher that the book Ms Allen had given her was too easy.
The girl then chose a Harry Potter book from her reading folder, but Ms Allen refused to listen to her reading it because God had stated in the Bible that witchcraft wasan abomination, she told the Guardian yesterday.The girl went home and told her mum. I also had told the teacher that I objected to hearing that book read because of my faith,Ms Allen said.
Teaching assistant quit in protest at Harry Potter—The Guardian, 8th June 2007.
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1: Posted by: Red Wolf | June 8, 2007 11:53 PM
Wouldn't that be compensation for her own stupidity?
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