A Florida teacher was dismissed after showing on a TikTok video interrupting and accusing Muslim students of practising magic while praying.
The video shows the teacher saying
“Hold on, this my office, and y'all doin' all this magic."
The teacher blows a whistle and walks over the students nearly stamping on one of their hands
"I believe in Jesus, so I'm interrupting the floor," the teacher said.
Franklin Academy, the school where the incident took place published a statement on their Facebook page saying
“While we do not discuss personnel matters, we can share that the teacher in question is no longer a member of the Franklin Academy staff,”
The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Florida chapter (CAIR-Florida), Abdullah Jaber said
“It is of utmost importance that school administrators and staff know basic faith practices to serve students practicing their faith, in this case, Muslims"