Trinity are going to provide a second Arabic-language teacher in order to facilitate parallel classes, so students who do not wish to be taught by Dr Ali Selim can opt for a different teacher.
The move comes after Selim made comments on RTÉ’s Prime Time advocating female circumcision. The Islamic Centre of Ireland, of which Selim is a member, condemned the comments yesterday and launched a campaign called Fatwa Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
In an email statement this evening, Tom Molloy, Trinity’s Director of Public Affairs and Communications, said that the addition of a second teacher will “ensure that students who have criticised Dr Selim in a letter to their head of school will have the option to take lessons and exams with a new teacher”.