UK debates Prophet Muhammad caricatures after teacher suspended

Batley Grammar School apologised after a teacher showed students the images, a move which has split opinion.

A debate is growing in the United Kingdom over whether schools should show controversial images of the Prophet Muhammad to children, after a teacher at a state high school in northern England did so and was later suspended. The image shown at Batley Grammar School was reportedly taken from the same series of caricatures first published in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. After the British teacher showed the cartoons, about two dozen protesters gathered outside the school to denounce the move on Thursday. Local media said more people continued to demonstrate near the school on Friday.