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Jihadist plot to take over Britain's schools'
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jihadist-plot-take-over-birmingham-6782881
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2575759/Revealed-Islamist-plot-dubbed-Trojan-Horse-string-schools-Birmingham-self-styled-Jihad.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
My mouth did drop a bit at reading this. Talk about enemy within.
I think moderate Muslims (and despite the scare stories a lot of Muslims are proud to be part of the UK and earning their way here) in the UK do need to become better organised at opposing stuff like this - its so divisive for community relations.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2575759/Revealed-Islamist-plot-dubbed-Trojan-Horse-string-schools-Birmingham-self-styled-Jihad.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
My mouth did drop a bit at reading this. Talk about enemy within.
I think moderate Muslims (and despite the scare stories a lot of Muslims are proud to be part of the UK and earning their way here) in the UK do need to become better organised at opposing stuff like this - its so divisive for community relations.
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Be interesting to see if it's true.
Smoke, fire, without, no.
I believe religion has a place in schools but along with history and geography as a subject to view with a critical eye rather than to elevate onto some pedestal.
I agree with these two and can't understand why we encourage brainwashing of children into any religion before they are old enough to make their own informed opinion on the matter.
I think there is no harm in teaching kids the basis of the world's religions - an hour on each one is enough. Then teach them something that will help them get jobs.
Absolutely, religion is after all part of our world so we should educate on the different types, the good and the bad. The basis of the education should then be for the adults of tomorrow to be able to make their own informed choice then as they see fit.
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'Small group of extremists attempt to take over a few schools in Birmingham, but are rumbled'
Hmmm me thinks you wouldn't be so blasé if it were a Christian 'plot', but carry on...
I'm not 'blase' about it, but the title of this thread is hilariously sensational.
Sensationalist as in like the numerous 'UKIP' & 'Farage' sensationalist threads on here?
Er, I.. guess?
I don't really know what you mean, but okay.
I simply posted the headline from the story in the Birmingham Mail, a respected local newspaper.
Why don't you discuss the actual story rather that deflecting from the issues?
Attempt?
When a headteacher has been forced to resign, another head and deputy are having the complaints they made about fraud ( which led to them leaving) reopened in light of this new information?
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, we wouldn't want you to become disillusioned.
The title is a part of the story
The fact it's all come out though means it's hardly going to be much of a danger now...
Well I went to what is apparently a CofE state school, never did I feel it was anyway religious, we had RE where we covered all different religions and learned the basics of each one ( which I think all kids should do )
I don't have a problem with religious schools on that level and if the story is true then this had nothing to do with the existing shools religious status and everything to do with extremists and surely if there plan was to have people sympathetic to them in the school it would not matter what the school was.
I went to a CofE school as well and the lessons were fine but we still had to sometimes pray and stuff in assembly which looking back on i don't think children should have to do.
You just need to see that it's a story from the Daily Wail - not even worth wasting a single byte of bandwidth on.
Next week "Your wife in a burqa by THIS TIME next month (house price crash, immigrants flood in)"
Read it at your beloved BBC then, I'm sure you have plenty of bandwidth available for them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26482599
The setting up of free schools and faith schools was bound to lead to this sort of thing.
We need to look at what segregated schools led to here.
Well, part of our story.
All schools should be integrated.
If genuine this is worrying however the evidence of any plot by Muslim fundamentalists to take over Birmingham schools is week to say the least. The evidence is apparently a "leaked" letter and nothing more.
A sceptic would also point to these parts of the Birmingham mail article:
Now of course this could all be the result of an alleged Jihadist plot detailed in a "leaked" letter or it could be a diversion from some of the clear failings of the schools or individuals detailed above.