
Female Muslim Teacher Quits Amid Accusations That She Is A Man
AT the Al-Islah Muslim Girl’s School, Audley Range, Blackburn, a school administrator has quit her job after an e-mail campaign claimed she was a man.
The school sent a letter to parents saying they had “irrefutable medical evidence” Shifa Patel “was a female” despite “concerns raised by parents” over her gender.
Ms Patel wears a hijab and full Jhaba (full length robe). The emails circulated among parents contained private photographs of Ms Patel with short hair and wearing a shirt and trousers.
Says Ms Patel:
“The people who have done this have hurt me so badly. I will remember them at the moment before I die and I never forgive those who did this to me.”
Cripes! But how can she prove them wrong? Dopes Facebook accept, you know, those kind of pictures?
Says headteacher Fatima Patel:
“It is very disconcerting that this has all happened during children’s exam time. When some parents approached me I said to them I will take the Quran in my hand and swear to tell the truth.
“But they were more concerned with getting a GP’s certificate for Shifa. What does that say about some people? This incident has affected me and Shifa and it will take a lot to get her confidence back. We must add that some parents have come and supported us.”
No names are provided, and some remain under a, er, cloak of anonymity…
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Source; Spotter Bat E. Bird in the Forums
Posted: 12th, June 2009 | In: Media Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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June 15th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
I agree Dairy. People shouldn’t be allowed to cover their faces for basic security reasons.
EP, thanks for posting those pics. I read in the comments on the original article that the link to Facebook had been removed. If it’s definitely the teacher in those pics, I can fully understand why the parents are concerned.
I also read in the comments that Ms Patel lives with the headteacher. Do you know if that’s true?
June 15th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
…very strange indeed!! you have to ask yourself what his motives were…
there again, if they weren’t allowed to wear the ridiculous hijab (which IMO should be banned completely from schools) then this problem would never have arisen in the first place…
June 14th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Check the pics out for yourself, make your own minds up before jumping to unfounded conclusions. See here: http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/5755/102/