Catholic Bishop Conference 'enters' Wesley Girls-Muslim Student case
Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court suit challenging the ban on hijabs and other Islamic rites by Wesley Girls' Senior High School. The affidavit was filed on behalf of the bishops' conference by Most Rev Fr Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum, the Bishop of Koforidua and Episcopal Chairman for Education of the Catholic Bishops' Conference. Bishop Afrifah-Agyekum presented evidence of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Guide Religious Tolerance in Schools, Agreed and Adopted by the Government-Assisted and Private Mission Schools, which was validated on April 15, 2024.
The affidavit stated, "I am advised by the Church's lawyers and verily believe that my present affidavit is required to verify the facts and documents relied upon in the amicus curiae brief. I hereby depose to my instant affidavit verifying the facts contained in the statement of case filed for and on behalf of the Church." The document referred to in the amicus curiae brief is the Memorandum of Understanding to Guide Religious Tolerance in Schools, Agreed and Adopted by the Government-Assisted and Private Mission Schools, validated on April 15, 2024. Shafic Osman, a private citizen, filed a suit at the Supreme Court on December 24, 2024, against the Office of the Attorney General, the Ghana Education Service, and the Board of Governors of Wesley Girls' Senior High School, under the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction, invoking Articles 2(1)(b) and 130(1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution.
The suit centres on allegations that Muslim students are barred from wearing the hijab, fasting during Ramadan, and observing other Islamic rites. The plaintiff is seeking multiple declarations, including a ruling that the school's policy of
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The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference has involved itself in the Wesley Girls-Muslim student case. They've filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court suit- but what could this mean for religious tolerance in schools?
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