Concerns have been raised after a teacher asked Muslim children to draw a picture of god, in breach of Islamic law. The incident was revealed by an academic who has warned of widespread racism and cultural ignorance in Scottish schools.
Khadija Mohammed, a lecturer and leading figure in Scotland’s equal rights movement, said that minority children faced covert and explicit racism in class, and teachers were denied promotion because of their ethnicity.
She has urged minority teachers not to “assimilate” into white culture, and to use their backgrounds to educate children about other societies. [The Times (£)] Read more
