An extremist teacher who lost his job after making homophobic comments is back in the classroom giving advice to teachers, The Times can disclose.
Razwan Faraz, 39, lost his job as deputy head teacher of the multifaith Nansen Primary School after the Trojan horse scandal in Birmingham.
He was one of the key figures linked to the alleged 2014 plot by a group of conservative Muslims to take over several schools, which was laid out in an anonymous letter. The letter described a five-step “tried and tested” process to take over governing bodies and oust head teachers and led to Nansen primary and other local schools being placed in special measures by Ofsted.
Mr Faraz was part of a group of teachers in a Whatsapp group named the Park View Brotherhood in which he referred to gay people as “animals”. [The Times (£)] Read more
