TonyGosling
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 Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: Cameron goes after Muslims in Schools |
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Taji Mustafa, media representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain said "David Cameron's bare faced lies that Hizb ut-Tahrir runs schools, receives government funding and promotes hatred and violence are another desperate attempt to boost Conservatives poll ratings."
'Extremist' school slams Cameron
(UKPA) – 21 minutes ago
A school alleged by David Cameron to have been set up by an "extremist" organisation has accused the Conservative leader of failing to check his facts.
During Prime Minister's question time this week, Mr Cameron claimed two private schools have been established by an "extremist Islamist foundation", the ISF (Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation), with the help of public funding.
And he called on Gordon Brown to explain why the Government has failed to ban Hizb ut Tahrir, which he claimed the ISF has links to.
In an angry response, the head teacher of the school based in Slough said ISF is being "used" by politicians. In a statement, Farah Ahmed said: "Our school is being used as part of a wider political agenda and this type of vilification of the Muslim community needs to stop."
She added: "We would expect politicians to check the accuracy of the information they receive before using it. No-one from the Conservative Party has contacted the school to verify information."
The Prime Minister earlier promised to investigate the claims put forward by the Tory leader. Mr Cameron said: "Two schools have been established by an extremist Islamist foundation, the ISF, that is a front organisation for Hizb ut Tahrir.
"They have secured a total of £113,000 of Government money, some of which was from the Pathfinder scheme, whose objective is meant to be preventing violent extremism. Can you explain how this completely unacceptable situation came about?"
Mr Brown replied: "This will be looked into in every detail. But I'm told the two schools you referred to have been inspected. I will look at what the results of these inspections are and write to you."
He added: "The vast majority of Muslims in our country are part of the law-abiding majority of this country and I don't want it to be said that those people who are citizens of our country and hold the Muslim faith are to be held responsible for acts of terrorism."
Taji Mustafa, media representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain said "David Cameron's bare faced lies that Hizb ut-Tahrir runs schools, receives government funding and promotes hatred and violence are another desperate attempt to boost Conservatives poll ratings."
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letthemeatmadeiracake
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:45 am Post subject: Re: Cameron goes after Muslims in Schools |
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| Quote: | | [Gordon Brown] added: "The vast majority of Muslims in our country are part of the law-abiding majority of this country and I don't want it to be said that those people who are citizens of our country and hold the Muslim faith are to be held responsible for acts of terrorism." |
Are you sure, Mr. Brown? This Times Educational Supplement article gives a rather different impression --->
Going to extremes
Published in TES Magazine on 19 February, 2010
By: Nick Morrison
| Quote: | The authorities claim that schools are a fruitful recruiting ground for those involved in extremism of all types. The Government wants teachers to take an active role in identifying children at risk, but is it a responsibility too far?
When Linda Tempest heard the news that one of her pupils had been arrested, her first reaction was disbelief. “It came as a bit of a shock that anybody from the school could be implicated in something like that,” she says. “I thought ‘That is not the boy I have known for five years’.”
Hammaad Munshi, in Year 11, had been walking home from school after a science GCSE exam when he was picked up by police. They found two packets of ball-bearings in his pocket, but it was what they found on his computer that really interested them.
As well as an internet history that showed he spent hours surfing jihadist sites, he had downloaded files on how to make napalm, detonators and explosives. A note under his bed indicated that he wanted to die a martyr; his online profile was “fidadee”, meaning a person ready to sacrifice himself. He had also been in email and telephone contact with a man believed to be the ringleader of a terrorist cell.
Just 16 when he was arrested in 2006, Munshi was 18 when he gained the dubious distinction of becoming Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist, sentenced to two years for compiling information likely to be used for terrorist purposes. His trial heard that ball-bearings were commonly used as shrapnel for suicide bombers.
“He was a very quiet boy; he didn’t really join in with many school activities,” says Mrs Tempest, associate headteacher at Westborough High School in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. “It made issues that were of national significance very local, very suddenly. It was a bit of a wake-up call.”
It is rare for a school to discover that one of its pupils is a terrorist, but teachers are being asked to play a growing role on the frontline in combating extremism of all types. This may mean preventing pupils from becoming radicalised or identifying children at risk of falling under the sway of extremists. |
the rest of this rather Islamophobic article + comments at:
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6036399&navcode=94
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