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(PA) More than 130 religious leaders and scholars have written an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for his condemnation at the showing of blasphemous images of Prophet Muhammad (s) to children at a Grammar School in Batley. The letter to Boris Johnson was organised by the Muslim Action Forum which is an assembly of major Muslim organisations in the UK. Last week a 29-year-old RE teacher showed highly offensive images of Prophet Muhammad (s) to students at the school of which 70 percent are Muslims. So far three teachers have been suspended due to the incident which resulted in two days of angry protest and an official apology from the school’s management.