Teachers call authorities after confusion over his T-shirt and father's "secret job"
London: An eight-year-old boy in the UK was questioned by authorities after teachers at his school became suspicious of his T-shirt slogan, mistaking a revered Islamic figure for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The boy has been left traumatised by his run-in with social services after he wore a T-shirt reading "I want to be like Abu Bakr al-Siddique" — a major Islamic figure — to his school.
To add to the confusion, it is being claimed that the boy told his friends his father had a "secret job", which turned out to be selling nail polish. He called it "secret" because he sold the products on eBay and did not publicise it.
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He was referred to social services under the anti-terror prevention strategy, where teachers report suspicious activity suggesting radicalisation. "It is time for the government to acknowledge that the prevent strategy is infringing the human rights of children across the UK, said Yasmine Ahmed, director of Rights Watch UK.
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