Muslim woman expresses anger over her children being fed pork at school

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A Muslim woman had to pull her children out of Hollyfield Primary School in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham after she realised that they allegedly were fed pork sausages for lunch.

Mussrat Bibi, 41, was very upset after her children Rayhaan and Sufiyaan were reportedly served the food which is considered to be strictly forbidden in Islam.

Bibi claimed one of her sons had to be rushed to the hospital after he felt unwell and that the tummy bug had spread to the rest of the family.

She said, ““I couldn’t see my children the way they were really ill. They have never had issues with food I’ve been making at home. It passed around. The hospital said it passed around in the family. It turned into a bug and that bug has spread all around the family.”

According to the NHS guidance, any food containing pork, carrion and blood is forbidden in Islam. It also states that whenever it is possible, British Muslims prefer to buy their meat from a Muslim butcher and tend to avoid eating food and meat that contains animal fats.

After the incident, the mother-of-two expressed her disappointment by saying that she was let down by the school as they should be aware of the fact that Muslim kids do not eat pork.

She also added that the administration of the school needed to make some necessary changes to avoid any similar incidents from occurring with other kids at the school in the future.

“They need to fix up. They need to mend their ways. They need to write it on the system [if] they don’t do any halal food. They should have told me in the first place,” she said.

The school has since apologised for the grave blunder on its part and promised to conduct a thorough review.

A Hollyfield Primary School spokesperson said, “We are sorry if any mistakes were made in this instance. We have a system in place for children with dietary requirements who have school lunches, issuing badges for the children so staff can clearly see what those requirements are. We will of course review our system to ensure it is even more robust to reduce further the risk of this sort of thing happening again.”