UK reverend banned from teaching over 'allergic to Muslims' remark
Fifty-nine-year-old also stood as a British National Party candidate
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LINCOLNSHIRE:
A British teacher who told his students that he was “allergic to Muslims" among other bigoted statements has been banned from teaching indefinitely, the BBC reported.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an agency of the United Kingdom's Department for Education, took action after they received complaints from students.
Fifty-five-year-old Reverend Robert West who stood as a British National Party (BNP) candidate made the comments during history class at a girls’ school.
West, who has no connection to the Church of England and had set up his own church in 2006 to preach “traditional bible beliefs”, said he made the comments in the context of a lesson on the Crusades in November 2013.
The NCTL panel said West's conduct fell short of expected standards and found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct. The panel found that West had said he was “allergic to Mohammedans” and when asked by a grade 12 student whether there was anything wrong with being Muslim, he replied “yes, because we are fighting them”.
In an email to the school principal, West wrote: “It is about time that you put the teacher back in charge ... I am not going to programme my students with utter trash about Mohammedanism ... "
The NCTL ruling means that West is banned from teaching indefinitely, although he may apply for the prohibition order to be set aside after May 12, 2018.
A British teacher who told his students that he was “allergic to Muslims" among other bigoted statements has been banned from teaching indefinitely, the BBC reported.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an agency of the United Kingdom's Department for Education, took action after they received complaints from students.
Fifty-five-year-old Reverend Robert West who stood as a British National Party (BNP) candidate made the comments during history class at a girls’ school.
West, who has no connection to the Church of England and had set up his own church in 2006 to preach “traditional bible beliefs”, said he made the comments in the context of a lesson on the Crusades in November 2013.
The NCTL panel said West's conduct fell short of expected standards and found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct. The panel found that West had said he was “allergic to Mohammedans” and when asked by a grade 12 student whether there was anything wrong with being Muslim, he replied “yes, because we are fighting them”.
In an email to the school principal, West wrote: “It is about time that you put the teacher back in charge ... I am not going to programme my students with utter trash about Mohammedanism ... "
The NCTL ruling means that West is banned from teaching indefinitely, although he may apply for the prohibition order to be set aside after May 12, 2018.