London Central Mosque issued a statement on Thursday distancing itself from claims that one of its imams said it was permissible for Muslim students to combine and defer obligatory prayers in a recent legal case over a London school’s ban on prayers. Earlier this week, a UK court determined that a ban on Muslim prayer at a school was lawful after a student took action saying the policy was discriminatory and “uniquely” affected her faith. In the case between Michaela Community School in northwest London and the student, headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh claimed she had spoken with the imam of …