A suburban Houston teacher has been accused of calling a 12-year-old Muslim boy “terrorist” in front of his peers in the U.S. state of Texas. The boy accused  his teacher of targeting him for his religion. The school authority placed the teacher on leave and will probe the incident.

TV KHOU.com reported, that, Waleed Abushaaban, a  7th grade student  has been the butt of “bomb” jokes and ridicule from his fellow peers after his teacher  made the “terrorist”comment.

The teacher allegedly made the careless comment when her class had been watching the movie named “Bend it Like Beckham” after taking an exam and after the boy laughed at the film.

“We’re in the class watching a movie,” the boy said. “And I was just laughing at the movie and the teacher said, “I wouldn’t be laughing if I was you. And I said why? She said because we all think you’re a terrorist.”

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The other students started making fun of him and started calling him a “bomb” after the teacher's comment. “They were like, ‘oh I see a bomb!’ and they started all laughing and making jokes. I was upset and I felt like I was put in the corner and like everybody was just looking at me,” he added.

The father of the boy said that, “Just because my son is a Muslim doesn’t mean he is a terrorist.”  “He’s as American as anybody else. He was born here  that’s all he knows is how to be an American.”

According to the statement, issued by the Fort Bend school district, “they do not not support the teacher’s actions.”

Quanell X, a community activist, said that, “No religion should be targeted by and disrespected by any administrator on any school campus.”

Nandini