19 April 2014

Shadow education secretary warns against religious extremism in schools

Tristram Hunt, the shadow education secretary, will warn on Saturday that "the pursuit of a divisive religious extremism" – as shown in an alleged conspiracy to take over schools in Birmingham – threatens to undermine Britain's modern multicultural society.

Hunt's remarks to the annual conference of the NASUWT teaching union in Birmingham follow the uncovering of a dossier named Operation Trojan Horse, claiming to reveal a plot to overthrow teachers and governors insecular state schools in the city and run them on strict Islamic principles. [The Guardian] Read more