The Oxford graduate said the graphic YouTube video carried a warning that the content was not suitable for under-18s.
The Oxford graduate said the graphic YouTube video carried a warning that the content was not suitable for under-18s.
London: A UK school has sacked a 24-year-old Muslim teacher after she complained about its showing of a graphic video of the 9/11 terror attack in the US to a class of 11-year-olds.
Suriyah Bi lost her job at Birmingham's Heartlands Academy after just a week and is has now taken legal action against a school. She is pursuing claims for unfair dismissal and religious discrimination.
The Oxford graduate said the graphic YouTube video carried a warning that the content was not suitable for under-18s.
-"It raised questions about what safeguards there are in schools to protect children. These were children aged 11, of whom many knew little, or nothing, about the 9/11 horror,-" Bi said.
She said the children were subjected to graphic scenes and some were -"shocked and upset-".
-"The video not only showed the plane crashing into the Twin Towers but also showed people committing suicide by jumping to their deaths from the tower blocks,-" Bi said.
-"Such young children should not been shown things like that because it is well-known that it can play on their minds and even induce them to kill themselves,-" she was quoted as saying by 'Birmingham Mail'.
Bi said she was in the classroom when the video was shown. -"It was shown to some 30 children during class. I understand the video was shown without the permission of the authorities,-" Bi said.
-"I quickly objected. Later, I was told to leave the school. There was an investigation into the matter but I was dismissed for making a whistle blowing complaint,-" she said.
Birmingham employment tribunal has approved Bi's bid to pursue legal claims against E-Act, who sponsor a number of academies, including Heartlands.
The organisation says it will oppose Bi's claims, saying the she no longer wanted to work at the school.
The 9/11 were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the US on September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others.
