Independent inquiry into ‘context’ of how Batley Grammar School pupils were shown Prophet Muhammad cartoons in’blasphemy’ lesson will be held after Muslim parents’ protests Furious protesters including Muslim parents rallied outside the school gates The teacher has been suspended and gone into hiding for fear of his own safety Batley Multi Academy Trust said today an … Read more
Parents at Batley Grammar School say pupils were shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed as part of the school’s curriculum. One parent told MailOnline that their teenage daughter was shown the same controversial images in a PowerPoint presentation during a Religious Education lesson two years ago. In that instance, they said, the lesson was taken … Read more
BBC ‘wants to create Britain’s answer to The Simpsons’ in bid to end dominance of US cartoons and win back viewers from Disney+ and Netflix American cartoons ‘prevent British children from absorbing their own culture’ Claims were made by BBC children’s and education executive Patricia Hidalgo She is leading investment drive developing animations for children aged 7 … Read more
It’s Mr Shouty and Little Miss Pouty! GMB’s Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid are turned into Mr Men cartoons inspired by their cheeky nicknames By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 00:07 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 00:11 GMT, 26 January 2021 They have well and truly embraced their cheeky nicknames since being branded Shouty … Read more
Fury over Charlie Hebdo’s portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed showed no sign of waning today as thousands of Islamist protesters continued to clash with police in Pakistan. The protesters from the Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) party that has made blasphemy its rallying cry are demanding that the government severs diplomatic ties with France and expels its … Read more
Emmanuel Macron has found himself demonised at protests throughout the Islamic world as anger grows at his defence of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Bangladesh on Tuesday, branding him a ‘Satan-worshipper’ and burning him in effigy following smaller marches in Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and Gaza … Read more
Police interrogated French schoolteacher Samuel Paty over Mohammed cartoons just four days before his murder after complaints were made by the father of a schoolgirl. Paty was beheaded by 18-year-old Chechen Aboulakh Anzorov, 18, who laid in wait for two hours outside the Bois-d’Aulne school with two boys who identified the teacher in exchange for £300. … Read more
Police interrogated the French schoolteacher over Prophet Mohammed cartoons following a complaint from a parent whose daughter didn’t attend the class. ‘I did not commit any offence,’ Samuel Paty told officers four days before his head was cut off by a jihadist outside his school in the Paris suburbs. The 47-year-old was summoned to the … Read more
French magazine Charlie Hebdo will REPUBLISH cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as trial into 2015 terrorist gun rampage that left 12 dead gets underway By Afp Published: 10:22 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 10:35 BST, 1 September 2020 France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine will republish its controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as 14 people … Read more