A VICE-principal of an international Muslim girls college in East Lancashire has seen her claim for religious discrimination thrown out by an employment tribunal.

Ghazala Khan, from north London, had claimed that the Burnley-based Mohuiddin International Girls College had ostracised her for being an 'outsider', who did not follow their Islamic teachings.

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But lawyers representing the Birmingham trust which runs Mohuiddin said they had received various complaints of Mrs Khan being 'rude and bad-tempered' while carrying out her duties.

The college's counsel, Amy Smith, even insisted she was not even employed as 'vice-principal' and was only in charge of administration and registration.

Mrs Khan, who was employed in November 2011, was released the following May by then-principal Amjad Bashir and acting trust director Zahir Ahmed following a critical review by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate, which monitors certain religious establishments.

Mrs Smith, for the college, also accused Mrs Khan of promising a student witness in the case a salary and accommodation in return for her evidence, a claim the teacher denied.

The tribunal heard that Mrs Khan's discrimination claim was also filed a day later than the three-month limitation on such cases.

Question marks were also raised by counsel regarding an e-mail, produced by Mrs Khan, showing her claim as having been submitted a month later than that.

Mr Bashir also denied calling Mrs Khan an 'outsider', banning her from evening assemblies and that she was victimised for refusing to wear a veil.

After the trust failed to attend the first day's hearing in Manchester on Monday, the case was adjourned until Thursday. Employment Judge John Sherratt and two lay members dismissed the claim after hearing two days of evidence.

Speaking after the case, the college's solicitor, Hanif Lula, said: "The tribunal concluded that the claimant produced documents with which she attempted to deceive the tribunal and therefore did not accept the claimant's evidence."

An inspection by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate in 2012 found Mohuiddin was failing on six standards, including course completion rates, safeguarding, record-keeping, welfare, health and safety and criminal record checks for staff.

But a follow-up inspection in 2013 for the Shorey Bank college, which charges £4,500 for UK boarders and £5,500 for international students, demonstrated the failings had been addressed.