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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Humza Yousaf’s family drops discrimination case against nursery

Humza Yousaf and his wife, Nadia El-Nakla
Humza Yousaf and his wife, Nadia El-Nakla, had accused Little Scholars day nursery of refusing to give their two-year-old daughter a place while accepting children with western-sounding names. Photograph: Paul Reid/Mirrorpix

The wife of Scotland’s health secretary has dropped legal action against a nursery the couple believed had discriminated against their daughter, allegedly because she had a Muslim-sounding name.

Nadia El-Nakla and Humza Yousaf, one of Scotland’s most prominent Muslim politicians, had accused Little Scholars day nursery in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, of refusing to give their two-year-old daughter a place while accepting children with western-sounding names.

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