Schools are to be enlisted in the fight against home-grown terrorism with plans for Imams to be sent into schools to steer children away from radicalisation, the government will announce next week. The schools secretary, Ed Balls, unveiled guidance on Tuesday, developed with the Home Office and Department for Communities and Local Government, advising schools,…
Britain’s next generation of faith leaders are to be talent-spotted and offered free places on a specially designed _11,000 per head leadership course. It will backed by – amongst others – Dr Musharraf Hussain, the Imam and Director of Karimia Institute, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi and the President of the Hindu Forum…
Explosives found by detectives investigating the London bombings were home-made using ingredients that can be found in high street chemists. The highly volatile explosive – acetone peroxide – has been discovered in a house in Leeds thought to have been used as a bomb-making factory. The discovery has raised fears of other British fanatics making…
A planned march by Muslims in Edinburgh to demonstrate their opposition to the London terrorist attacks has been cancelled. Muslim leaders met to discuss a possible march at the weekend, but have decided to hold low-profile local events instead. Smaller-scale prayer meetings and vigils are now set to be held across Scotland to help remember…
Police are still on the hunt for burglars who raided and smashed up the headquarters of Berkshire’s first Muslim state school. Vandals used a crowbar to break into Slough Islamic Primary School’s current base in Chalvey Play Centre, where they daubed hate slogans across pictures of what the school will look like when it opens…
