Christian teacher 'forced out' after complaining Muslim pupils praised 9/11 hijackers 'as heroes'

Daily Mail ^ | 09th February 2010 | Lucy Ballinger

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A Christian teacher yesterday claimed he was forced out of his job after complaining that Muslim pupils as young as eight hailed the September 11 hijackers as heroes.

Nicholas Kafouris, 52, is suing his former school for racial discrimination.

He told a tribunal that he had to leave his £30,000-a-year post because he would not tolerate the 'racist' and 'anti-Semitic' behaviour of Year 4 pupils.

The predominantly Muslim youngsters openly praised Islamic extremists in class and described the September 11 terrorists as 'heroes and martyrs'.

One pupil said: 'Don't touch me, you're a Christian' when he brushed against him.

Others said: 'We want to be Islamic bombers when we grow up', and 'The Christians and Jews are our enemies - you too because you're a Christian'.

Mr Kafouris, a Greek Cypriot, taught for 12 years at Bigland Green Primary School in Tower Hamlets, East London.

According to Ofsted 'almost all' its 465 pupils are from ethnic minorities and a vast proportion do not speak English as a first language.

[Scotsman will be Free]

I know where I belong. Right here in good old South Carolina.
As far as the Brits and Scots go, yeah but that’s when they were all a$$ kickers, it was long ago, and means zip today.

[pandoraou812]

I highly doubt I will ever send Sassy back to school. I am so sick of the muslims & their bs.

[TigersEye]

I’m sorry if my post came off as gloomy. I’m not. I just hope more people will wake up so we don’t have to fight this thing with our backs to the wall.