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Hindu council to contest ban on Yoga
A leading Hindu organisation in Britain is planning to challenge the ban on yoga classes imposed by two churches on the ground that it breaches the country’s Equality Act 2006. Last week, priests at the Silver Street Bapist Church and St. James’ Church of England Taunton, Somerset, banned yoga classes for children by branding it as ’sham’ and ‘un-Christian’. Now, the Hindu Council of UK (HCUK) is actively considering challenging the ban. Lawyers of the organisation are exploring whether the comments by the churches indicate that the priests acted contrary to Britain’s ‘religion and belief’ section of the Equality Act 2006.
The act makes it unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of religion or belief in the provision of goods, facilities and services and the management of premises. HCUK will also ask the panel for equality and human rights, its general secretary Anil Bhanot said.