The SGB said concessions for Muslim students had already been made, allowing head scarves/burqas, as well as stockings. The family, however, argued that the stockings weren’t adequate enough.

Located on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, the nation’s most populous city is a layer cake of soaring mosques, art deco cinemas and technicolour murals.

If you’d like to learn how to make Moroccan dishes yourself, Taste of Casablanca hosts a tour of the city’s markets, where you’ll roam in search of ingredients for your guided cookery class.

Moroccan Islamic scholars have emphasized that the sacrifice is not “fard” (obligatory) but Sunnah Mu’akkadah — a confirmed Sunnah that can be suspended in times of hardship.