The teacher from Batley is still in hiding

[Nicetrynigel]

Teacher Batley
His life ruined because a bunch of thugs decided they didn't like what he was teaching in his RE lesson.
This and the Labour MP's request for bhalsphey laws against those of the Abrahamic faith have made me concerned.

People should be free to offer an view against another's religion. It's scary that we are being a country where people thing being offended gives them a right to made death threats.

Jo Cox's sister (was previously Jo Cox). There are obviously massive problems in that area.

He was teaching a lesson- one that had been taught before.
A sensible person wouldn’t try to justify what happened to him using this idiotic analogy

This is such offensive claptrap I don’t kinowwhere to start. How dare you say this teacher deserves to have his life destroyed because he’s trying to educate people.

Absolutely disgusting justification of violence.

Is it an arrestable offence to sing the Sash my Father Wore? No! But doing so would cause offence and likely get the person a kicking before the police got there.

I'm not condoning anyone taking violent action. Just pointing out an awareness of our surroundings is what keeps us safe when making comments.

You wouldn’t do this or that…. Bet they say women were asking for it drinking in a dress or skirt too.

Shocking terribly a picture doesn’t deserve violence. Even if he shout I don’t believe in (name of the believed) inside a said place of prayer he still wouldn’t be deserving of a punch or threats of death. Maybe called a silly twat and to get the fuck out but violence? No. Criminal activity for words or cartoons or pictures bonkers.

If people are so confident in their belief in made up people and stories , why do they give a toss what anyone else has to say on the matter?

Because as we all know, not everyone is as sensible as they should be.

What other violence could be avoided if we all stuck to your ideas about what keeps us safe because behaving in a certain way is asking for trouble?

Domestic abuse
Rape

Are you female @ARealitycheck ?would you accept being stoned to death for having access to the Internet and posting your opinion because some people think you shouldn't be allowed to?

Why are you trying to minimise the appalling treatment of this teacher?
The comparisons to keeping quiet in the company of football hooligans and sectarian thugs are really odd - we are talking about an RE teacher teaching sixth form!
He had a right to feel safe at school teaching a lesson that had been taught before.
What excuse would you give for the thugs who beheaded the teacher in France ? Maybe it was his fault too?

They cannot tolerate dissent.

Well tough monkeys because this is a liberal democracy.

Would you walk down an unlit city side street early hours of Sunday morning as the clubs came out. Probably not.

Would you go back to a guy you just met home with his male mates after a club and a few drinks. Again, not if you were being sensible.

A group of people injecting heroin in a bus stop. Would you go and wait for the bus there. Unlikely.

We all make these decisions daily to ensure our safety.

Why can't they turn the other cheek

Revenge is mine saith the lord

i.e.not human kind being violent

A teacher teaching the set school lesson should be safe to teach the lesson.

Maybe people who don’t like teachings about their beliefs in ways they don’t believe should use schools that fit their beliefs… rather than go to a school that teaches everything and then make death threats.

Oh you’re a “she was asking for it” type.

Well, there’s no point discussing much with you.

'' we are talking about an RE teacher teaching sixth form!''

We are talking about an educated man, who's specialist subject is religion. Who was teaching in an area with a very high percentage of muslims and muslim pupils. The vast majority of people know that creating an image of muhammed is in their eyes a great insult. So I'd suspect an RE teacher would know even better. At the very best, he was incredibly stupid, and if so shouldn't be doing the job. At worst he intended to cause offence and upset.

I would argue that no school, religious or otherwise,should be allowed to teach that you can make death threats if someone says something against your beliefs.

Why can't they tolerate it though and think it's an opinion

"Just because teacher says this it doesn't make it true"

No I am of the camp lets not put ourselves in danger. Graveyards are full of people who were right.

Indeed but if you want your chosen head of religion to be respected higher than any others and treated with special we must not offend or question ever use a school that represents that religion I’d say.

I despair at how we pander to Islam and treat it like all other religions are insignificant in comparision. I am from a mormon family and that religion gets mocked all the time - hell they even made a musical about them. Rather than threatening people or screaming protests, the church send missionarys to hand out copies of the Book of Mormon outside theatres "You've seen the musical, now read the book". The reality is, Islam is not a religion or peace or tolerance, its a religion of angry, controlling men.

A RE teacher teaching the schools set lesson. That the school had used for years prior.

Maybe the families of the offended should have researched their school choice better.

He was teaching the school curriculum, which is what he had been employed to do.

What's it got to do with an Imam what is taught in a secular school in a secular country?

There is the right to freedom of worship in the UK. That's not the same as the right to demand other people respect your religious peculiarities. You just have the right to worship according to your beliefs,no more no less. It is, however, illegal to make death threats. Are you suggesting that Muslims are allowed to behave contrary to law?

The thing about sex and race are they are inherent characteristics. Adhering to a particular religion isn't an inherent characteristic. It's a choice, based on opinion. Opinion which others are free to challenge and dispute. You want religious freedom? That's the responsibility that comes with it.