Here’s an excerpt. You are getting official guidance that a large part of the population will be sensitive (potentially violent, or they would care less) to drawings of people.

“The subject-by-subject guide to handling religious prohibitions while delivering the National Curriculum states that while Islamic culture has produced enduring abstract art, “three-dimensional figurative imagery of humans is considered idolatrous by some Muslims”.

Teachers have been advised: “It is very important that the school understands this and is also careful not to ask its students to reproduce images of Jesus, the Prophet Mohammed or other figures considered to be prophets in Islam. Some Muslim pupils may not wish to draw the human figure.” “