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| Muslim teen upset after teacher asked if she had a bomb in her backpack | |
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| The father of a Muslim middle school student says a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack | The father of a Muslim middle school student says a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack |
| The school’s principal has apologized for the incident, according to a spokeswoman. | The school’s principal has apologized for the incident, according to a spokeswoman. |
| Abdirizak Aden said the teacher at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, stopped his 13-year-old daughter, who wears a hijab, and asked if she had a bomb. | Abdirizak Aden said the teacher at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, stopped his 13-year-old daughter, who wears a hijab, and asked if she had a bomb. |
| Aden told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his daughter was extremely upset by the comment and he went to the school to see what had happened. | Aden told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his daughter was extremely upset by the comment and he went to the school to see what had happened. |
| “I was upset,” said Aden, who lives in Snellville and works as a truck driver and grocery store owner. “I was going to take my daughter out [of that school].” | “I was upset,” said Aden, who lives in Snellville and works as a truck driver and grocery store owner. “I was going to take my daughter out [of that school].” |
| “We are from Africa, we are Muslims, we live in America,” he said. “I didn’t teach my children to hate people or to think they are better than other people.” | “We are from Africa, we are Muslims, we live in America,” he said. “I didn’t teach my children to hate people or to think they are better than other people.” |
| Sloan Roach, a Gwinnett County public schools spokeswoman, told the newspaper the school’s principal had apologized to the family. | Sloan Roach, a Gwinnett County public schools spokeswoman, told the newspaper the school’s principal had apologized to the family. |
| “The remark was not appropriate, but based on their conversation and investigation,” school officials don’t believe it was made with ill intent,” Roach said. | “The remark was not appropriate, but based on their conversation and investigation,” school officials don’t believe it was made with ill intent,” Roach said. |
| She said the comment came as the teacher was urging students to put away their backpacks. | She said the comment came as the teacher was urging students to put away their backpacks. |
| The incident “shows the level of Islamophobia impacting people’s relationships with one another”, Yusof Burke, board president of the Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the newspaper. | The incident “shows the level of Islamophobia impacting people’s relationships with one another”, Yusof Burke, board president of the Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the newspaper. |