Muslim teacher objects to 9/11 video, sacked!

Muslim teacher objects to 9/11 video, sacked!

FPJ BureauUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 12:27 PM IST
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London : A UK school has sacked a 24-year-old Muslim teacher after she complained about its showing of a graphic video of the 9/11 terror attack in the US to a class of 11-year-olds.

Suriyah Bi lost her job at Birmingham’s Heartlands Academy after just a week and has now taken legal action against the school. She is pursuing claims for unfair dismissal and religious discrimination.

The Oxford graduate said the graphic YouTube video carried a warning that the content was not suitable for under-18s.

“It raised questions about what safeguards there are in schools to protect children. These were children aged 11, of whom many knew little, or nothing, about the 9/11 horror,” Bi said.

According to Bi, the children were subjected to graphic scenes and some were “shocked and upset”.

“The video not only showed the plane crashing into the Twin Towers but also showed people committing suicide by jumping to their deaths from the tower blocks,” Bi said.

 “Such young children should not have been shown things like that because it is well-known that it can play on their minds and even induce them to kill themselves,” she was quoted as saying.

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