Was this a failed attempt to create an “Islamophobic” incident? After all, victimhood is currency in our absurd age, and real incidents of “Islamophobia” are hard to come by.
“Nottingham Emmanuel School addresses ‘unfounded claims’ made by pupils about Muslim prayer,” by Laycie Beck, Nottingham Post, May 9, 2023:
Staff at a Nottingham secondary school have moved to address ‘unfounded claims’ made by pupils in a TikTok video about Muslim prayer. The video, believed to have been uploaded by a student, made allegations that pupils at The Nottingham Emmanuel School in West Bridgford had been told they were not allowed to pray on a Friday.
In the video, two pupils could be seen kneeling and praying in a school corridor, with claims made in the video alleging the pupils had to leave the classroom to pray whilst others had to miss prayer….
A spokesperson from Archway Learning Trust, of which The Nottingham Emmanuel School is a part of, said: “We are aware of a video that has been circulating on TikTok regarding Muslim prayer at The Nottingham Emmanuel School. We are working with our Muslim students and community to address the unfounded claims made in the video.
“We have always allowed Muslim students to pray and have provided the space and opportunity to do so within school. We are saddened that this video has come after our entire school came together on Friday to celebrate our diverse cultures through our very successful Culture Day.”
John Allan says
If these students feel a need to ‘pray’, in the middle of the day, then they shouldn’t be in the UK!
Perhaps the CHRISTIAN-founded government should assist them … by telling them and their families to find a MUSLIM country!
Jayell1 says
Absolutely! This reminds me of the story of the bus driver in the Islamic Republic of Bradford (West Yorkshire, UK) some years ago who got out of his cab around midday, rolled out his prayer mat on the road in front of the bus and ‘prayed’ for about five or ten minutes. I believe he might have been sacked for that, but that was back in the time that Bradford was still British. It also reminds me of the story of the Catholic school somewhere in the West Indies where they’d allowed muslims to enrol. After some time, when there were enough of them to make a nuisance of themselves (as usual), some of the muslim parents got together and demanded that the headmaster remove all the crucifixes from the classrooms. The headmaster reminded them that there were other schools in the area for their offspring to attend, and if they didn’t like that, they could take a long one-way walk off the end of a short seaside pier (or words to that effect). Can you imagine that happening in the UK – or the US – these days?
I seriously wonder if muslims are usually quite so ‘devout’ and ‘easily offended’, etc. etc., in their own countries, because one gets the distinct feeling that their ‘righteous devotion’ somehow increases once they’re trespassing in sufficient numbers in other people’s countries, especially where this entails deliberately making themselves an absolute pain in the lumbar tuberosities and seeing if they can get away with it.
DHZ says
Westernized Muslims probably do very little praying during that time. Nobody else is offered a similar accommodation. Muslim authority over everybody else inches forward.
Keith O says
The monster that is social media is a breeding ground for these self indulged little turds.
As a result innocent people are being charged, tried, then found guilty by the flying monkeys of whatever current phobia is now the sacred cow of these fools.
We have been subjected to this trend by the islamists, PETA, Vegans and now the “trans community”. You don’t bow down to my metal illness and I will destroy you on social media. PISS OFF AND GET A LIFE.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, even if the complaint was valid, so what? Schools don’t have an obligation to let students off for any reason during school hours. If that doesn’t work for kids, they should seek admission in the nearest British madrasas: I’m sure the mosques can arrange those
born saturday says
uk like so many other parts of europe are no less than islamic countries allready…. the percentages of the perpetrators given by the police are false as muslims who are born within or have the nationality are not measured as muslims… the percentages of the muslim population in each country likewise are false and the muslims within european countries are much more than what is presented, in order to keep the natives calm and sure that the complete islamization is not near… add the muslims that are not listed anywhere and are simply not registered and there you go….. european countries are already majority islamic…. the idea that all the muslims started coming in european countries from 2008 is also false…. muslims first started coming within european countries from 1993 in many cases, and earlier in some other…. they all had large families within europe and their children know the language well having grown up in the country…. from 2008 started the bigger and illegal invasion of extra muslims…. i remember muslims in uk from 1998 in large families… in sweden in denmark…. germany had a turkish population estimated to 10 million all muslim from 1981… france belgium holland… everywhere there was muslims imported from before who had large families and increased like bunnies…