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…

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‘School for all children’ – says financial backer

The man behind the bid to run north Swindon’s newest primary school as an Islamic faith school has hit back at his critics. Shahid Sahu said his detractors had not taken the time to look at the proposal and denied claims that the school would be single faith. He also revealed his plans for the…

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