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TORONTO – A Richmond Hill, Ont., teacher is being investigated for a series of alleged tweets with Islamophobic themes, the York Region District School Board confirmed.

A now-deleted Twitter account used a photo that appears to be of a teacher at a Richmond Hill high school.

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The school board said it was made aware of the tweets Thursday and the teacher was told about the investigation, which is also looking into whether the account was hacked by an impersonator.

Licinio Miguelo, a board spokesperson, said impersonations on social media are rare but they have happened.

There have been cases in the past where some of our employees have been impersonated

“There have been cases in the past where some of our employees have been impersonated,” Miguelo said. “We take these allegations very seriously and will conduct a thorough investigation.”

Screenshots of the deleted tweets were viewed by the National Post. The account often tweeted about objecting to Muslim women wearing the hijab and said it was “an honour” when someone labelled it as Islamophobic. The account also suggested Muslims don’t think for themselves.