Founder of the Muslim Scouts of France, the spiritual leader of the Sufi brotherhood Alawiya strongly condemned the jihadist atrocities committed by the Islamic State. Sheikh Khaled Bentounès stated that he joined the gathering of Muslims in France in late September to “express our solidarity and our will to put an end to the hate…
April 22, 2014 Muslim students are divided about government moves to introduce student loans that comply with sharia law. Muslim groups have been pressing hard for reform because the rise in tuition fees in 2012 brought with it the expectation that students would take out loans and pay them back, with interest, once they…
April 14, 2014 The investigation into an alleged plot by Islamic extremists to take over schools in Birmingham has widened after more than 200 complaints were received by the city council amid claims that religious hardliners threatened to overthrow secular head teachers. Staff at one of the Birmingham schools targeted by Muslim hardliners in…
April 16, 2014 Teachers’ leaders are calling for a review of the GCSE and A-level exam schedule next year to help Muslim students cope with a clash between it and Ramadan. Students who will have to fast during the exam period are bound to lose marks as a result, the Association of Teachers and…
April 7, 2014 A gay assistant head teacher has reportedly resigned after parents complained that they did not want their children to “learn that it’s OK to be gay”. Andrew Moffat, author of Challenging Homophobia in Primary Schools, was targeted by a group of mainly Muslim parents in the dispute at Chilwell Croft Academy,…
