Almost £50,000 has been raised for a teacher forced into in hiding after he received death threats for showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Batley Grammar School in March after an RE teacher showed pupils the 'offensive' image during a lesson on 'controversial issues'. The Batley Grammar School teacher sparked fury by allegedly showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a RE lesson. Bosses at the school in West Yorkshire apologised and the teacher was reinstated after an internal investigation. 'The investigation recommends that the issues raised can be effectively dealt with through additional management guidance and training.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2021 13:16 UTC