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https://www.gbnews.com/news/uk-teac...ars-of-offending-muslim-pupils-damning-survey
Teachers across the UK are self-censoring their lessons over fears of offending Muslim pupils, according to a recent poll.
A survey of over 1,000 teachers conducted for the Policy Exchange think tank found that 16 per cent of them have admitted to self-censoring in order to avoid causing religious offence.
The think tank claims this has created a “de facto blasphemy code in schools across the country”.
The poll comes after the Batley Grammar School incident, where campaigners and parents forced a teacher into hiding for showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in class.
Teachers across the UK are self-censoring their lessons over fears of offending Muslim pupils, according to a recent poll.
A survey of over 1,000 teachers conducted for the Policy Exchange think tank found that 16 per cent of them have admitted to self-censoring in order to avoid causing religious offence.
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The think tank claims this has created a “de facto blasphemy code in schools across the country”.
The poll comes after the Batley Grammar School incident, where campaigners and parents forced a teacher into hiding for showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in class.
More than 50 per cent of teachers surveyed were fearful of protests similar to those at Batley taking place at their schools if they used religious imagery in class.
In Yorkshire and the Humber, where the Batley incident occurred, 33 per cent of teachers said they were fearful of a “very big risk” taking place at their schools.
Three-quarters of teachers said that if protests broke out, they would be “damaging” to the teacher involved.
Furthermore, around four in 10 suggested that they would be “very damaging”.
In March 2021, a teacher at the Batley school was suspended for showing students a cartoon taken from the French Satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Teachers across the UK are self-censoring their lessons over fears of offending Muslim pupils, according to a recent poll.
A survey of over 1,000 teachers conducted for the Policy Exchange think tank found that 16 per cent of them have admitted to self-censoring in order to avoid causing religious offence.
The think tank claims this has created a “de facto blasphemy code in schools across the country”.
The poll comes after the Batley Grammar School incident, where campaigners and parents forced a teacher into hiding for showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in class.
Teachers across the UK are self-censoring their lessons over fears of offending Muslim pupils, according to a recent poll.
A survey of over 1,000 teachers conducted for the Policy Exchange think tank found that 16 per cent of them have admitted to self-censoring in order to avoid causing religious offence.
https://www.outbrain.com/what-is/default/en
The think tank claims this has created a “de facto blasphemy code in schools across the country”.
The poll comes after the Batley Grammar School incident, where campaigners and parents forced a teacher into hiding for showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in class.
More than 50 per cent of teachers surveyed were fearful of protests similar to those at Batley taking place at their schools if they used religious imagery in class.
In Yorkshire and the Humber, where the Batley incident occurred, 33 per cent of teachers said they were fearful of a “very big risk” taking place at their schools.
Three-quarters of teachers said that if protests broke out, they would be “damaging” to the teacher involved.
Furthermore, around four in 10 suggested that they would be “very damaging”.
In March 2021, a teacher at the Batley school was suspended for showing students a cartoon taken from the French Satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
