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Multi-faith Schools

published by Iftikhar on 4 March, 2007 - 17:59

Multi-faith Schools

There is an extraordinary proposal to unite Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Hindu children in the country’s first multi-faith secondary school. The plans, backed by leading figures, are aimed at transforming the image of faith-based education which has been criticized in the wake of race riots. They hope that the 1000 pupils’ school planned for the London Borough of Westminster will be the first of a series of similar ventures around the country.

Crusade for Fairness

published by Iftikhar on 4 March, 2007 - 17:52

Crusade for Fairness
According to a poll for a conservative think-tank, the growing number of young Muslims is embracing radical Islam. Young Muslims hold aggressively more extreme views than their parents. The think-tank blames multiculturalism for producing a generation of young Muslims who champion their right to be different. Multiculturalism is nothing to do with community cohesion and at the same time it does not divide people. British society is already divided because of institutional racism and extremism by all political parties.

Multi-faith Schools

published by Iftikhar on 20 February, 2007 - 12:05

Multi-faith Schools

There is an extraordinary proposal to unite Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Hindu children in the country’s first multi-faith secondary school. The plans, backed by leading figures, are aimed at transforming the image of faith-based education which has been criticized in the wake of race riots. They hope that the 1000 pupils’ school planned for the London Borough of Westminster will be the first of a series of similar ventures around the country.

Open Letter to Sir Cyril Taylor

published by Iftikhar on 11 February, 2007 - 22:15

Open Letter to Sir Cyril Taylor
Sir Cyril Taylor, the chairman of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, is of the opinion that Muslim children are not doing well in schools because they speak their own mother tongues at home. A very high proportion of the mothers come from the sub-continent, few speaking English. It is a major cause of lower results in English.

If children do not use their home language, it will die and with it they lose a big part of their faith and culture. Children see language as a feature of their identity.

Hate Preachers

published by Iftikhar on 11 January, 2007 - 21:13

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London School of Islamics
An Educational Trust
63 Margery Park Road Forest Gate London E7 9LD
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Hate Preachers
Not a single Imam preaches religious fascism and racial hatred. Extremism has not been created by the fanatical clerics. Muslim clerics never played any role for the radicalization of Muslim youths. There is no culture of hate, spite and distrust in the Masajid or in Muslim schools.

Criticism and Praise for Muslim Schools

published by Iftikhar on 3 January, 2007 - 18:27

Established 1981
London School of Islamics
An Educational Trust
63 Margery Park Road London E7 9LD
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Tel/Fax: 0208 555 2733 / 07817 112

Criticism and Praise for Muslim Schools
Muslim schools offer a more conducive environment for learning because Islam teaches respect and stress learning whereas in state schools, there is a high level of disrespect.

Press Release

published by Iftikhar on 19 October, 2006 - 06:38

Established 1981
London School of Islamics
An Educational Trust
63 Margery Park Road London E7 9LD
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Tel/Fax: 0208 555 2733 / 07817 112 667

Press Release
A bilingual Muslim teaching assistant suspended for refusing to remove her veil in class should be sacked, a local government minister said. She said her pupil were happy with her and never complained about the veil. She said she would remove the veil, but not in front of male colleagues.

An Open Letter to the British Home Secretary

published by Iftikhar on 23 September, 2006 - 22:40

Established 1981
London School of Islamics
An Educational Trust
63 Margery Park Road London E7 9LD
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Tel/Fax: 0208 555 2733 / 07817 112 667

An Open Letter to the British Home Secretary
The home secretary has braved a critical audience to call on Muslim parents to do more in the battle against terrorism. He asked to look for the “tell-tale signs” in their children and intervene if they suspect they are being influenced by extremists. Islam was being perverted by “fanatics” exploiting young people.

European and Community Languages

published by Iftikhar on 1 September, 2006 - 22:12

European and Community Languages

The class of 2006 is poorly equipped to take on the globalised world, despite of their high grades. Less than five percent take foreign languages. The UK recently came bottom out of 28 countries in language ability, according to a study. Learning of languages widens the mental horizons. The British education system is depriving its citizens of the possibility of all the wonderful and useful things that come with a foreign language. An English only education leaves our children at a linguistic and cultural disadvantage. It leaves our children behind.

Citizenship Education

published by Iftikhar on 25 July, 2006 - 22:23

Citizenship Education
Citizenship education has been added to the National Curriculum and its aims to teach pupils: about the origins and implications of the diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the United Kingdom and the need for mutual respect and understanding. The introduction to the National Curriculum proclaims: promoting pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through citizenship.

In an ideal world, Muslims would have integrated schools where people of different faiths could specialize in them within the curriculum.

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