A teacher is still in hiding one year on from the Prophet Muhammed Batley school row. The teacher had shown a caricature of the founder of Islam, during a religious studies lesson at Batley Grammar School in March 2021.
The problem arose as the teacher claims he was unaware of the sensitivities surrounding showing a caricature. According to the BBC, there is no mention in the Koran of a ban against using images either drawn, carved or painted, of the Prophet Muhammed or Allah.
However in chapter 42, verse 11, it states: "[Allah is] the originator of the heavens and the earth... [there is] nothing like a likeness of Him." It is this section that is thought to be the basis of upset, as some Muslims understand this to mean that Allah or Prophet Muhammed cannot be captured in any image.
