British boy wrongly accused of supporting Daesh leader awarded thousands in compensation

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The boy was accused when he was just 8 He wore a T-shirt with the “I want to be like Abu Bakr Al-Siddique” slogan DUBAI: A British school boy has been paid thousands in compensation after his teachers wrongly accused him of wearing a T-shirt which they claimed supported Daesh, national newspaper The Daily Mail reported. The unnamed 11-year-old was eight when he was confronted by concerned teachers who accused him of wearing a T-shirt supporting the world’s most wanted man, Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. The T-shirt actually carried a slogan that said: “I want to be like Abu Bakr Al-Siddique,” - a well-known Islamic figure and the prophet’s father-in-law. The boy was questioned at the time by social services, who also told his mother the school had ‘recorded a caution’ against the child, and had spoken to him about ‘deradicalization.’ On Wednesday the boy was awarded nearly $4,400 in compensation from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets council. His parents said the incident affected his confidence and made him more reluctant to speak in class.

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