Trojan Horse
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The British government stepped up its anti-Muslim campaign this week by moving to put five schools in Birmingham, England’s second largest city, into “special measures”. The decision was taken by the official schools inspectorate Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills). It came comes after a campaign led by the right wing Daily Telegraph into an alleged “Islamic takeover” of a number of the city’s state-run schools. The witchhunt began in November when an anonymous letter, now widely accepted to have been a hoax, was sent to the media. The letter, made to appear that it was sent from one Islamic fundamentalist to another, outlined a campaign to “take control” of Birmingham schools using a “Trojan horse” system. We covered this story a few weeks ago and now have Mr Talha Ahmad, spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain, online to discuss these lateset developments...
