Sunday is Easter Day, but the pupils of 25 or so state schools in Birmingham probably do not know what that means for Christians. Argument rages about Islamist infiltration of these schools, and the exclusion of non-Muslim beliefs that results. There is an apparent plot by Muslim extremists to get their people into school governorships and install like-minded heads. This week, Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, boldly appointed Peter Clarke, a former senior policeman, as his commissioner to look into the whole thing. » | Charles Moore | Friday, April 18, 2014 (Good Friday)
My comment:
"A weak establishment is letting Islamists threaten British freedoms" – Charles Moore
I, and many others, have been saying this for aeons. But we have been shouted down for being Islamophobic. But it is very refreshing indeed that MSM journalists, especially journalists of such repute as Charles Moore, are at last having the courage to say what we have been saying for so long.
Tony Blair made a very big mistake to encourage the proliferation of such faith schools. Faith schools, as long as they were CofE or even Jewish schools, were pretty benign, and offered some excellent educational opportunities to our young people. But Islamic schools are a very different story. Islamic schools are subversive and exclusive. They do not foster broad thought, and encourage pupils to have a feeling of superiority. Further, they discourage integration of pupils into the mainstream of society, to say nothing of their effects on girls' education. These schools need to be monitored and their negative effects checked constantly; and if necessary, they should be closed down. – © Mark
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