A state high school in northern England apologised Thursday and suspended a teacher as a chanting crowd denounced the use of an image of the Prophet Mohammed in class. The incident at the school in West Yorkshire, which has a large Muslim community, came after a teacher in France was murdered in October by a radical Chechen teenager for showing cartoons of the prophet to students during a lesson on free speech. "The school unequivocally apologises for using a totally inappropriate image in a recent religious studies lesson," school principal Gary Kibble said in a televised statement. "The member of staff has also related their most sincere apologies," he said. Around two dozen protestors, mainly men in hooded tops, had gathered outside the school gates to demand resignations following the class, which reportedly took place on Monday.

Source: News 24 March 25, 2021 17:15 UTC