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Teacher who showed Muhammad cartoon still in hiding 3 years later

The former head of religious studies at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire is unlikely ever to return home, his family say
The Batley Grammar School religious studies teacher had to leave Yorkshire and live under an assumed name
The Batley Grammar School religious studies teacher had to leave Yorkshire and live under an assumed name
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A teacher who prompted protests in a small Yorkshire town after showing his students a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad remains in hiding nearly three years on and is unlikely ever to return home, his family say.

The man, who was head of religious studies at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire, presented a drawing taken from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo during one of his classes, provoking several days of demonstrations outside the school gates.

He was put into police protection after allegedly receiving death threats and now lives with his partner and four children under an assumed name in a secret location outside Yorkshire.

The incident in March 2021 came five months after the murder of Samuel Paty, 47, a teacher in