Three years ago, in one of the most egregious educational scandals of recent times, a religious studies teacher at Batley Grammar School in west Yorkshire was vilified, inundated with death threats and driven into hiding — where he and his family still languish — as a punishment for doing his job.
After teaching a lesson that was an approved part of the school syllabus and included an image of the Prophet Muhammad, the teacher faced complaints not only from Muslim parents, but Islamic activists who did not have children at the school. There were angry protests outside its gates. Instead of defending the teacher, the school suspended him and two of his colleagues and issued a formal apology.
