Parents Assault Islamic School Teacher for Punishing Students

Parents Assault Islamic School Teacher for Punishing Students
 Nurdin Hasan | April 08, 2013


A teacher at an Islamic boarding school in Aceh sustained serious injuries after being beaten by the parents of a student he disciplined.

Teungku Harmen Nuriqmar, the principal of the Serambi Mekkah Islamic Boarding School (Pesantren) in Blang Beurandang village in West Aceh, revealed that the family members of a female student arrived at the school on Sunday and assaulted Teungku Muhibbul Nasir Wali.

“The victim’s face was severely injured. His left eye was swollen,” Herman told the Jakarta Globe on Monday.

Harmen said the assault was prompted by Muhibbul’s decision to punish 15 students after he caught them dating. Muhibbul hit the students and poured sewer water on them.

“Please take note that he did not hit the students to torture them — he did it to educate them. He splashed them with sewer water because when he splashed them with [tap] water the students were laughing and making fun of him,” Harmen said.

“They also poured sewer water on one another,” he said.

Herman added that the school clearly prohibited students from dating because it was against Islamic values.

He said one of the punished students reported the incident to her parents, who then brought their entire family to the school to protest. The family proceeded to attack Muhibbul because they believed he committed a very inappropriate act for an Islamic boarding school teacher.

Harmen noted that he reported the incident to the local police.

“The assault was unacceptable and should be investigated because it has tainted the school’s reputation,” he said.

West Aceh police chief Adj. Comr.Sr. Faisal Rivai said he has not received any report regarding the case.



The Jakarta Globe