Taliban’s violent methods of female repression arrive in east London
Four Muslim men are awaiting sentencing after being convicted of slashing a teacher’s face with a knife because they did not approve of a British school’s lessons on world religions being given to Muslim girls. Gary Smith, a religious studies teacher, was attacked by the gang in Bow, east London, on July 12.
Akmol Hussein, 26, Sheikh Rashid, 27, Azad Hussain, 25, and 19-year-old Simon Alam pleaded guilty to the attack this week at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court.
Smith, 37, suffered a fractured skull and needed three operations to repair his face after being attacked with a knife, an iron bar and a lump of concrete.