Harun Nasrullah

A Florida teacher was fired after a video of her loudly interrupting Muslim students’ prayer time and calling it “magic” went viral.

The shocking footage showed the unidentified teacher at Franklin Academy in Pembroke Pines kicking the hands of teenage boys as they prayed on their mats.

Before the teacher barged into the classroom, three students were seen praying in the video.

“Hold on, this is my office, and y’all are doing this magic?” the teacher said. “I believe in Jesus, so I’m interrupting the floor.” The video has racked up over three million views since it was posted on December 7.

“Who told them to come in here?”the teacher can be heard asking another person. The person who posted the video poster, dubbed ‘gawpu’, wrote, ‘I literally don’t even believe what happened to me is real’. Franklin Academy, which has several locations in Florida, released a statement saying that it ‘does not tolerate discriminatory behaviour.’

‘Franklin aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural and racial understanding and respect,’ the school said in a statement.

‘We not only look for our student body to develop these traits but for our faculty and staff to exemplify them as well. While we do not discuss personnel matters, we can share with you that the teacher in question is no longer a member of the Franklin Academy staff.’

Viewers were outraged by the teacher’s actions, especially her choice to call the Islamic prayer “magic.”
‘She’s supposed to protect them [and] be educated enough to know that isn’t magic,’ one person wrote. ‘Regardless of what religion, if you see someone praying, you don’t interrupt. It’s called manners.’