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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

West Midlands school criticised after death threats to gay Muslim speaker

Khakan Qureshi
Khakan Qureshi was questioned on his views about homosexuality and Islam when he was invited to speak at Wood Green Academy. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A West Midlands school has been criticised for failing to “teach controversial issues in a way that is safe for everyone”, after a gay Muslim speaker was challenged by students and later received death threats on social media.

An external report on Wood Green Academy in Wednesbury was commissioned after the incident in November last year, in which students questioned the speaker on his views about homosexuality and Islam.

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