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WT MIDLANDS SCHOOL CRICISED AFTER ATH THREATS TO GAY MLIM SPEAKER
A Wt Midlands school has been cricised for failg to “teach ntroversial issu a way that is safe for everyone”, after a gay Mlim speaker was challenged by stunts and later received ath threats on social external report on Wood Green Amy Wednbury was missned after the cint November last year, which stunts qutned the speaker on his views about homosexualy and Qurhi, founr of the Birmgham Asian LGBT group, was ved to the school’s sixth form to speak on “diversy the face of adversy”, but the ssn appeared to scend to chaos, vios posted on social media Qurhi said there wasn’t anythg the Qur’an that said homosexualy was a s, stunts uld be heard sayg he was “offendg people” and “advotg the wrong thg”. Teachers tervened, wh one scribg the stunts’ ments as “homophobia” and another g a reference to 9/11 to expla how the UK was a “tolerant society” cint at the school of 1, 500 stunts led to parents formg the Wood Green Amy Actn Group, which said pupils were fearful about returng to school after the pennt report, sent to parents last month and seen by the Guardian, nclud: “There is clear evince there is sufficient awarens and experience to be able to liver the teachg of ntroversial issu a way that is safe for everyone. ”The group said had llected other plats om pupils and parents, cludg a pupil beg harassed for wearg a long skirt and headsrf, the school refg to create a signated prayer room, mothers beg nied entry to the school while wearg a veil and teachers failg to tervene ex-stunt said his younger sister was one of the pupils lled homophobic by a teacher the vio, before she was directed to a staff office where she started cryg.
“To me ’s que worryg that the mdset of my childhood the 70s and 80s, that you nnot be gay Mlim, ntu here the 21st century the UK. ”In the vio clips of the cint, pupils n be heard sayg Qurhi was “advotg the wrong thg” and askg him: “Do you agree that beg gay and Mlim is wrong?
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