31 July 2012

King Fahad Academy Wins Libel Case Against Daily Express Over Islam Fanatic Claims

A west London school and its director have accepted libel damages over a newspaper claim that it had been infiltrated by Islamic fanatics.

The King Fahad Academy and Dr Sumaya Alyusuf brought High Court proceedings over a June 2011 story in the Sunday Express.

Their counsel, Clare Kissin, told Mr Justice Tugendhat in London that it wrongly stated that the Acton day school, which has more than 500 pupils aged from three to 18, taught an extremist form of Islam, and some readers may have understood it to suggest it had been infiltrated by dangerous fanatics. [The Huffington Post] Read more