Education and Schooling
Islam awareness classes for police officers
Police officers in Kirklees will be taking part in an Islam Awareness program believed to be the first of its kind in the UK. Front line PCs and PCSOs are to begin a series of six separate sessions at four different mosques across the district. It will involve increasing their understanding of the Islamic faith…
Primary school wins national award
A Merseyside primary school that has built-in prayer rooms for Muslim pupils has been named the best primary in the country for including children of all backgrounds. At Kingsley community primary school in Toxteth around 85 per cent of pupils are from an ethnic background. The school celebrates difference and promotes inclusion and harmony has…
Ruling due over UK’s first school for Muslims
Controversy is swirling around a plan to build Britain’s first Islamic school where half the pupils would be non-Muslims. A decision is expected next month on whether Al Habib Islamic Education and Cultural Centre, a charitable foundation in Swindon, will be given approval for the plan, worth £7 million (Dh38m). The charity wants to build…
“Reviving the Islamic Spirit” convention opens in Toronto
Canadian Muslims are meeting from December 26-28 in Toronto for the seventh annual “Reviving the Islamic Spirit” convention. Its press secretary Nadir Shirazi says, “with an average annual attendance of 15,000 participants, the convention draws a diverse group of attendees.” The gathering echoes the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention in the U.S. The…
Jail for a mosque teacher who subjected two young girls to an ordeal of sex abuse at Koran lessons in Edinburgh
A mosque teacher who subjected two young girls to an ordeal of sex abuse at Koran lessons in Edinburgh has been jailed for seven years. Mahmood Qadri, 60, began preying on the children during the 1990s while helping the pupils learn the book of Islam. A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh was told…