UK debates Prophet Muhammad caricatures after teacher suspended

The class in which the images were shown reportedly took place on Monday.

The Prophet Muhammad is deeply revered by Muslims and any kind of visual depiction is forbidden in Islam.

The caricatures in question are seen by them as offensive and Islamophobic because they are perceived to link Islam with terrorism.

“Batley Grammar School is right to acknowledge that the use of such materials – universally understood to be highly offensive to Muslims – is inappropriate. We commend the swift and unequivocal action taken by the school to address the deep distress caused,” the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), the UK’s largest Muslim umbrella body, wrote on Twitter.