An update on this story. "Teacher accuses Islamic school of racism," by Alexandra Frean for the Times Online:
A former teacher at an Islamic school, who alleged that it taught an offensive and racist view of non-Muslims, has been awarded £70,000 by an employment tribunal after winning his case for unfair dismissal.
Colin Cook told the tribunal in Watford that pupils were taught from Arabic books that likened Jews and Christians to “monkeys” and “pigs” at The King Fahad Academy, which is funded and run by the Saudi Arabian Government.
The tribunal ruled that Mr Cook, a British Muslim, was unfairly dismissed from his £36,000-a-year post at the school in Acton, West London, in December 2006 after blowing the whistle on systematic cheating at a GCSE exam.
The panel found that the school created a “smokescreen” to try to justify his dismissal after 18 years’ unblemished service.
It awarded Mr Cook £58,800 in compensation for loss of earnings and £10,500 for injury to feelings. But it rejected his claim that the school discriminated against him on racial grounds.
Mr Cook told the hearing that after leaving the school another member of staff gave him extracts from an Arabic textbook, which encouraged students to believe that all religions other than Islam were worthless.
The books referred to “the repugnant characteristics of the Jews”. Another passage said: “Those whom God has cursed and with whom he is angry, he has turned into monkeys and pigs. They worship Satan.”
Mr Cook alleged that the books were spreading race hatred. “They should not be brought into this country and they should not be used in this country,” he said.
The school denied ever teaching any form of racial hatred and insisted that the offending passages in the books were “misinterpreted” and were never used in class. But it later got rid of the books.
Proud Ape and Pig here!
Looks like there's money in exposure, and in not wanting exposure
They can call me an ape or a big...
Just as long as they don't call me a Muslim.
THEN I would get pissed!
Excellent!!
sounds like racial hatred to me. Ah, but wait a minute ... the UK government has bestowed permanent victim status on all Muslims so they cannot possibly be guilty of such a crime.
"The King Fahad Academy, which is funded and run by the Saudi Arabian Government"
They fund schools over here, too. The schools should be closed..
"The school denied ever teaching any form of racial hatred and insisted that the offending passages in the books were “misinterpreted” ..."
oh, just like the terrorists are said by many Muslim clerics to be misunderstanders of the Koran..
Here, another 'misunderstander' from the King Fahd Academie:
Must watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hBXHtQDxOo&feature=related
Why do we nothing about this except rant. Go into communities and work on shutting these schools down. Might as well do the mosques along with it. And if people do not swear allegiance to the countries and laws where they live, then ship them back.
I figure that as long as they are going to call us apes and pigs, we should use it against them. For apes, we should use King Kong. For pigs, a snarling wild boar, or warthog or something to that affect. If someone could tell me the other unclean animals, I could come up with ferocious sympols of them as well.
Honestly, what is Mr. Cook all bent out of shape for? He's Muslim! Doesn't he know his own "sacred" texts? It's the Koran that teaches Jews and Christians are apes and pigs. Blame Islam, don't blame the teachers of Islam!
Dude needs to join another religion if he finds his own so offensive. This is a total "duh" moment.
"For apes, we should use King Kong. For pigs, a snarling wild boar"
I cast my vote for Miss Piggy! That girl doesn't take any mess from anyone and she has a mean karate chop. HiiiiiiYA! She can kick a** while still looking glamorous.
I would be proud to be among the "pigs and apes" and give my affection and consideration to Jews and Israel prayer each and every day. No replacement theology for this Christian! Israel is still the most favored nation.
Some PETA lawyer should sue Islam on behalf of apes and pigs everywhere.
For interspecies slander.