A Muslim teacher called Islam was told to remove a hoodie with his name on it because a barman said it was upsetting customers.

Humiliated Nurul Islam, 32, had arrived to meet fellow teachers at a local pub when the man told him his top was 'offending people' after last week's Nice atrocity.

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Nurul, a father-of-three who is not practising, refused and has now reported the incident to police who are investigating it as a possible hate crime.

Humiliated Nurul Islam, 32, had arrived to meet fellow teachers at a local pub when the man told him his top was 'offending people' following last week's Nice atrocity

The incident happened as the technology teacher went to the Coach and Horses pub, near Hertford, last Friday.

Nurul is a GCSE year head at The Thomas Alleyne Academy, in Stevenage. and helps run the school's Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

He said: 'I was made to feel in my own country that I cannot even say my own name.

'My grandfather gave me that name. He fought in the Second World War against tyranny.

'I feel that this is making a mockery of that. As a grown man he should have done his research and not been so ignorant.'

He was meeting fellow teachers who had eaten and had some drinks at the pub as they waited for pupils to finish the last leg of their expedition.

The father-of-three who is not practising, refused and has now reported the incident to police who are investigating it as a possible hate crime

The incident happened as Nurul, a technology teacher, went to the Coach and Horses pub near Hertford last Friday

Nurul had just arrived and was preparing to sit down when the barman approached

He said he has seen the barman before and claims he knows he is a teacher.

Everyone taking part in the expedition have official Duke of Edinburgh hoodies with their names on the back.

Nurul, from Hafield, added: 'I didn't really know what he was going on about to start with.

'When I realised what he meant I was really upset. I have been through a lot of racist abuse growing up as a child.

Everyone taking part in the expedition at the Thomas Alleyne Academy, in Stevenage, have official Duke of Edinburgh hoodies with their names on the back.

'I can deal with that ignorance but this was different.

'This was a person who has a business. They are a service provider and for them to do that is really upsetting.'

Shocked Nurul returned to his car still wearing his hoodie, leaving the other teachers to wait for the pupils.

He added: 'When the police called the barman he said two black guys had got in a fight in the pub the night before.

'The officer asked him if three black guys came into his pub the next day would he ask them to leave and he replied of course not.

'He thinks it is OK to treat me like this because my name is Islam and I am a Muslim.'

Miqdaad Versi, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain said: 'It's shocking and very worrying to see this growth in Islamophobia and bigotry.

'We need to really move beyond this, and the problem that we're facing is this type of attitude seems to be getting more prevalent in society and more socially acceptable.'