Hawzah News Agency- (NSW, Australia) The Christian Brothers' High School in Lewisham, near Sydney in New South Wales, says it was simply an academic exercise.

The practice has since been stopped.

The teacher in question, Jesse Pittard, teaches History and Geography lessons at the school and would read parts of the Quran before the school day began and before classes.

The school's headmaster, Brother Paul Conn, says the teacher did read passages before some Year Seven classes.

He said he had received three emails and one phone call from worried parents, however he clarified that the readings that only happened "for a couple of days" and were an "academic exercise."

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