Radical Islam Infiltrating UK Public Schools

Commentary Magazine ^ | 6/09/14 | Tom Wilson

[Libloather]

While concerns about the growth of radical Islam have been with British society for some years now, few imagined that Islamists might ever attempt anything so bold as a takeover of parts of the public education system. Yet a government investigation overseen by a former counter-terror chief has revealed that this is precisely what has been happening at certain British schools. The report would seem to confirm allegations of an ambitious effort on the part of a set of hardliners who have been attempting to take over the administration of secular state schools in the city of Birmingham, Britain’s second city and home to one of Europe’s largest Muslim populations.

The matter first reached public attention back in March when an anonymous letter came to light stipulating how Britain’s state schools could be hijacked for the purpose of pushing Islamic values and teachings. As a result twenty-one schools in Birmingham were placed under investigation.

The reports that have emerged regarding the practices at several of the schools are truly shocking. Of most concern were the allegations that senior staff members had been openly promoting jihadists such as al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki and that lectures by pro-al-Qaeda speakers were being advertised in the school bulletin. Additional allegations concerned reports of classes on “holy war” and of students receiving anti-American diatribes from the principle at one of the schools. While some attempted to brush aside these claims, the report by the government investigators has indeed now confirmed that several of the schools have been failing to protect their students from extremism and that in one instance an “extremist speaker sympathetic to al-Qaeda” did address the school.

[Libloather]

What do they do to gay students?

[Viennacon]

Can’t be any worse than left wing infiltration of UK Public Schools. The left at this point are so fascistic and tyrannical, I will no longer root for them over the Muztards. Let them kill each other

[a fool in paradise]

Dallas just got an elected muslim on the school board (low voter turnout).

They’ve gained a lot of power in college student government organizations too (leading to more antisemitism on campus).

The mere presence of a muslim in such positions does not automatically mean that things will tilt pro-Islamist, but they can’t get there without such persons in power either.

[GOPJ]

Yeah, it can be worse...