Teacher banned after calling Westernised girls ‘lunatics’
ABIRMINGHAM teacher has been banned from teaching after expressing ‘inappropriate religious views’, calling Westernised girls ‘lunatics’ and showing a topless image of himself.
Aqib Khan worked as an English teacher at Harborne Academy from December 2020 to March 2023 and also ran an after school club.
A panel of the Teaching Regulation Agency found that the 30-yearold made a series of unacceptable comments on a Microsoft Teams group in which he failed to maintain professional boundaries with pupil(s), discussed dating and how to “get girls” and showed a student a topless photo where he was flexing his muscles.
It was claimed he also remarked about Islam taking over.
He said that “by 2050 the whole of UK, France and Germany will look like Birmingham”, “the number of Muslims went up 44% in 10 years. Everyone else is falling or growing at a snail’s pace.”
Sharing a news article titled ‘Sweden’s selective ban on religious schools singles out Islamic ones’ and Statistics titled ‘Religion of Birmingham residents, 2021’, he said: “They have to cope with it, we can pour their tears into our karak cha.”
It was claimed the teacher also said feminism teaches that “women are equal and discourages motherhood and being a wife” while “Islam teaches women are x3 more valuable than men if they’re good mothers and wives (and they can work if they want to)”.
He added: “Be quiet you low caste”...don’t ever attack a girl. EVER. Verbally emotionally.
“You’re meant to treat them like queens as long as they’re good girls. If they’re westernized lunatics just ignore them.”
He was reported to the school by a member of staff who recorded concerns about his conduct with students on the school’s safeguarding portal, MyConcern.
The school conducted an internal investigation and interviewed several pupils and noted that his conduct included the suggestion of inappropriate religious views as well as harmful comments about dating and relationships.
The school also found significant evidence through Microsoft Teams messages exchanged between Mr Khan and several pupils.
The matter was subsequently referred to the TRA. An investigation found that Mr Khan had not shown tolerance of and respect for the rights of others, and undermined “fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with, different faiths and beliefs.”
It also stated: “The panel did consider Mr Khan’s workload and the fact that, as he addressed through his representations, he was working in particularly stressful conditions. It was also mindful of the fact that it had been shown no evidence by the TRA that he was subject to any prior disciplinary or investigatory proceedings.”
Banning Mr Khan from teaching “in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England,” panel chair Marc Cavey said: “I have had to consider that the public has a high expectation of professional standards of all teachers and that the public might regard a failure to impose a prohibition order as a failure to uphold those high standards.
“In weighing these considerations, I have had to consider the matter from the point of view of an “ordinary intelligent and well-informed citizen.”
He may apply for the prohibition order to be set aside on 18 March 2026 at the earliest.
It was claimed he also remarked about Islam taking over.