Year 12 students dress as Islamic ‘terrorists’ complete with headpiece and GUNS to muck-up day at a Catholic college in Sydney sparking outrage – and their principal is NOT impressed
- Six white students portrayed ‘terrorists’ with water guns for Year 12 muck-up day
- Students from Gilroy Catholic College in Castle Hill angered school principal
- They were also dressed in all white while wearing a traditional Arabic headdress
- Fellow student labels incident as ‘highly offensive’ to Middle Eastern community
White students have dressed as what appeared to be ‘terrorists’ in Islamic clothing with water guns during Year 12 muck-up day celebrations.
Six students from Gilroy Catholic College in Castle Hill, Sydney, wore the outfits to an end of year picnic for soon-to-be high school graduates on Wednesday.
Photos from the last day showed the male students dressed in a kaffiyeh – a traditional Arabic headdress – white shirts and pants and sandals.
An image has surfaced of six male students from Gilroy Catholic College in Castle Hill, portray ‘terrorists’ at Year 12 muck-up celebrations (pictured)
They held water guns pointed towards other students dressed in banana suits as the two groups posed for a group photo.
The student who supplied the image to Seven News described the young men as ‘portraying terrorists’.
‘As a graduation celebration, a group of primarily Caucasian students dressed up as stereotyped Arabic men, complete with toy guns to portray “terrorists”,’ he said.
‘This is highly offensive to Middle Eastern individuals, communities, and culture.’
He added ‘blatant Islamaphobia’ was still rife among schools, saying the muck-up incident was harmful to Islamic and Middle Eastern communities.
Principal Cheryl Merryweather maintained the event did not represent the college’s values claiming ‘a small group of students’ showed ‘very poor judgement’.
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The school’s Principal Cheryl Merryweather has apologised for the incident claiming the event showed ‘very poor judgement’ and did not represent the College’s values
‘Year 12 students from Gilroy Catholic College Castle Hill were recently allowed to attend an end-of-year picnic in fancy dress,’ she told Seven News.
‘Unfortunately, a small group of students wore costumes with Arabic headdresses and robes and carried plastic water pistols.
‘On behalf of the Gilroy community, I am very sorry that this has happened.
‘The decision to dress this way showed very poor judgment. I also apologise for not directing the students to change out of these costumes.
‘At Gilroy College, we take pride in welcoming people of all faiths and backgrounds. We know that this incident did not represent our College values and commit ourselves to doing better in the future.’
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