Yousaf claims that Little Scholars Day Nursery, in Broughty Ferry near Dundee, rejected three applications for children with Muslim names, including his two-year-old daughter Amal, but those with "white Scottish-sounding names" were accepted.
Last week, the politician and his wife Nadia El-Nakla called on the Care Inspectorate to carry out an investigation over the claims which the nursery “strenuously denies”.
The couple’s solicitor Aamer Anwar has now written to the nursery, citing the Equality Act 2010, giving owners 14 days to provide settlement proposals, a public apology and compensation to an anti-racist charity of their choosing or an action will be raised at Dundee Sheriff Court.
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