A BIRMINGHAM teacher at a school attended by Muslim pupils sparked fury by allegedly daubing a sacred text on the playground.

Parents claimed a female member of staff at St Saviours C of E School on Alum Rock Road, Saltley, had been chalking out a phrase from the Koran, something seen as disrespectful to Muslims.

One mother said she was reduced to tears after being told of the incident, which happened on Tuesday.

The phrase in the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful was written in Arabic on the school playground before being removed later that day, parents said.

Concerned mums and dads met with senior school staff the following morning at the church school, which serves a mainly Muslim community. Parents said they had no idea why the phrase was written on the floor.


The school would not comment and a spokesman for Birmingham City Council said the matter was being dealt with by the school, although he would not discuss what action had been taken. One parent, who did not want to be named, said: A lot of parents complained about it. To write the word Allah on the playground floor is deemed to be a huge insult. Its akin to putting scripture on the floor, which isnt a very clever thing to do at a school which is predominately Muslim.

An Ofsted inspection carried out at the school nearly three years ago said all 400 pupils came from ethnic minorities, with the largest groups from Pakistan and Bangladesh.


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Teacher was probably "young and stupid" for offending the sensibilities of her kids. Having said that, notice that no one threatened her with death or anything like that - which is nice.



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I'm sure Allah can handle it.. some people.

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I should have qualified why I think the teacher is probably young and stupid in a stupidly UK kind of way.

You are trying to reach some "teachable moment" with a small child, by using chalk on asphalt. You figure the kid's Muslim so, this being the UK, it would make sense to show how relevant that is to the kid by writing in Arabic a religious statement that goes to the core of faith.

The dumb-*** couldn't think of writing something else, like "Here is spot. He has fur and says arf" while drawing the image on the asphalt - no, ******** has to pick a statement of maximal religious gravitas to the kid's community and write it down on the asphalt in perfect Arabic.

This is another case of "cultural surrender-monkeyism" in the UK. Why? Because the teacher thinks it's a good idea to write a statement used by people who believe in the faith or who actually convert to the faith, in order to reach a "teachable moment" with the kid.

I feel bad for the kid, and can't blame her in any way for thinking "what the hell?"

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