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Joel Bleiman is a teacher in Haringey. His pronouns are he/him.
Joel claims that a student called Rahmaan Mohammadi was referred to Prevent by his school "for wearing a Free Palestine badge".
This story was reported by every major news outlet.
It is completely untrue. https://twitter.com/JoelBleiman/status/1277589306257932288
Joel claims that a student called Rahmaan Mohammadi was referred to Prevent by his school "for wearing a Free Palestine badge".
This story was reported by every major news outlet.
It is completely untrue. https://twitter.com/JoelBleiman/status/1277589306257932288
The Guardian claimed that Mohammadi was investigated because he "organised a fundraiser for Palestine".
Note that the video had to be edited "to remove inaccurate statements about the Prevent strategy" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2016/aug/26/prevent-anti-radicalisation-muslims-london-video
Note that the video had to be edited "to remove inaccurate statements about the Prevent strategy" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2016/aug/26/prevent-anti-radicalisation-muslims-london-video
His school is clear that Mohammadi's story is untrue.
Teachers “were not concerned about the nature of the badges and wristbands” and that “at no point was the student told not to talk about Palestine in school”. https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/education/challney-boys-denies-claims-student-was-referred-prevent-wearing-free-palestine-badge-1267066
Teachers “were not concerned about the nature of the badges and wristbands” and that “at no point was the student told not to talk about Palestine in school”. https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/education/challney-boys-denies-claims-student-was-referred-prevent-wearing-free-palestine-badge-1267066
We do not know precisely what it was about Mohammadi's conduct that raised concerns in the school.
Perhaps it was that he published a photo of Hezbollah's army, a banned terrorist organisation, as his profile picture.
Perhaps it was that he published a photo of Hezbollah's army, a banned terrorist organisation, as his profile picture.
Perhaps it was his description of British soldiers as "terrorists" who are killing his "brothers and sisters" in Afghanistan.
It could have been his views on "the Jewish Zuckerberg"
Or his joy that ISIS were "finally" shooting missiles into Israel.
It could have been his sectarian enthusiasm for Assad.
You'd think that that his support for Assad, at least, might have turned off CAGE.
But nope, they're quite happy to appear at speaker meetings where the untruthful story is spread further. https://www.cage.ngo/university-leeds-students-not-suspects-what-prevent-and-how-can-we-oppose-it
But nope, they're quite happy to appear at speaker meetings where the untruthful story is spread further. https://www.cage.ngo/university-leeds-students-not-suspects-what-prevent-and-how-can-we-oppose-it
I don't blame Joel Bleiman for spreading the canard that Mohammadi was referred to Prevent for wearing a pro-Palestine badge.
It is commonly believed among far Left and Islamist activists.
Sadly, however many times one corrects this story, it continues to circulate.
It is commonly believed among far Left and Islamist activists.
Sadly, however many times one corrects this story, it continues to circulate.
