A primary school teacher in the United Kingdom, who was dismissed from his position, is suing local authorities after they allegedly investigated him for telling a Muslim student that "Britain is still a Christian state," a U.K.-free speech organization reports.

The Free Speech Union is representing the unnamed teacher who reportedly came under fire for reprimanding students washing their feet in the boys' bathroom sinks.

Afterwards, the teacher, who does not wish to be named, told his students that Islam is a minority religion in the U.K.

"To claim that Britain is a Christian country and to point out that the king is the head of the Church of England isn't a particularly politically contentious thing to say. It's just stating a pretty straightforward fact," Lord Toby Young, director of

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