Alberta judge upholds human rights prayer decision against private school
CALGARY — An Alberta judge has upheld a human rights decision that found a private school discriminated against two Muslim students by not allowing them to pray.
The Alberta Human Rights Commission tribunal found in 2015 that Webber Academy in Calgary unlawfully discriminated against the students and fined the school $26,000.
The boys, who were in Grades 9 and 10, testified that praying is mandatory in their Sunni religion.
The school, in appealing the tribunal’s decision to the Court of Queen’s Bench, argued that the boys’ parents were told Webber Academy was non-denominational and there was no space in the school for praying.