I can’t believe a student would write such a thing, let alone a teacher encouraging such an attitude. Hats off to their Principal for taking immediate action.
Teachers suspended over Islamic student essay
CTV.ca News Staff
Two teachers at an Islamic school in Ottawa have been suspended for allegedly encouraging hatred against Jews.
The teachers at Abraar School praised a student essay about killing Jews in Israel and martyrdom.
The student’s eight-page story was about avenging last year’s death of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, one of the founders of the Hamas terrorist movement.
It included a cover page illustrated with a burning Star of David, a machine gun and a Palestinian flag flying from the top of the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine in Jerusalem. The handwritten Arabic text next to the shrine read: “With the call of God is the Greatest, the flag of Zionism will fall and will be destroyed.”
One teacher was reportedly involved in the “artistic production” of the story. The other read the story and wrote on the title page: “God bless you, your efforts are good… The end will be soon when God unites us all in Jerusalem to pray there.”
School principal Aisha Sherazi said the school board and administration were “shocked” by teacher involvement in the project and that the school does not condone this kind of thinking.
“Encouraging or inciting hatred is strictly prohibited at our school,” she said in a prepared statement. “We will take all measures to investigate this matter and ensure that it does not reoccur.”
Sherazi said the school decided at an emergency meeting to suspend the instructors.
Sherazi declined to name the student or the teachers, for privacy reasons, until the investigation is complete.
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