UK debates Prophet Muhammad caricatures after teacher suspended

In 2019, Muslim parents staged protests at a primary school in the central city of Birmingham after it held lessons incorporating same-sex relationships and transgender issues.

Thursday’s incident came after a teacher in France was murdered in October by a teenager of Chechen origin for showing cartoons of the prophet to students during a lesson on free speech.

The caricatures were popularised by Charlie Hebdo, whose Paris office was attacked in 2015, leaving 12 people dead.

In France, President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly confirmed his support for the images to be shown, comments that often provoke anger within France’s Muslim community.