Primary school teacher suspended for ties to banned jihad group

A special needs teacher at a primary school has been suspended over links to an Islamic extremist group.

Sadia Malik, a special education needs (SEN) coordinator at Cardiff Muslim primary school in Wales has been accused of "actively" promoting a banned hate group in the country's capital. According to the Sunday Times newspaper, which has accessed a confidential police report, Malik was present at a meeting organised by the Supporters of Tawheed group in January.

The teacher was named a "key subject of interest" by police and linked to extremist Sajid Idris - the head of the group and former spokesman for the banned organisation Islamic Path.

On its website, the Supporters of Tawheed claim: "It is only a matter of time until Islam will prevail in the whole world and this is something that we believe in and are striving to see."

There is no suggestion Malik's links to the group have impeded on her work at the school, the Times reported, but the school has launched an investigation....

Earlier this year, an Islamic teacher came under fire for calling on Welsh muslims [sic] to support the fight for Sharia law. Abu Hajar, who leads the same group Malik is allegedly connected to, told a meeting freedom and democracy are "false deities" before the it was broken up in an anti-terror raid.

The school was unavailable for comment.