A deal struck with the Department of Education will allow teachers, who tried to Islamize their schools, to keep their jobs, reports UK press. The so-called ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal forced governors to resign for pushing an “aggressive Muslim agenda.”
In spite of inquiries that have condemned a plot to spread a
hardline Islamic ethos in Birmingham schools, the senior teachers
involved will keep their jobs, reported the Daily Telegraph.
Citing a letter sent to the parents of children studying at three
schools where a strong Islamic agenda was pushed, the publication
said senior teacher would stay on because they are
“recognized as having strong track records in raising
achievement and will have a big contribution to the future
leadership of the academies.”
In the wake of the ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal the governors of the
schools involved were forced to resign, including Tahir Alam who
was described as the plot’s ringleader. However, the teachers who
will retain their positions in the problem schools were also
found to have been active in enforcing strong Islamic policies.
The Telegraph writes that the headmaster of Park View school,
Mozz Hussain, had spread “mind-blowing” anti-American
ideas in school assembles. In addition, the deputy head of Nansen
school Razwan Faraz ran a group called “Educational Activists
that was found to be pushing an “Islamizing agenda.”
A report on 25 schools in Birmingham due to be published later
this week was leaked to the UK press on Friday. Written by the
former head of the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism unit,
Peter Clark, the document identifies a “coordinated,
deliberate and sustained action to introduce an intolerant and
aggressive Islamist ethos into some schools in the city.”
"It goes beyond the social conservatism practiced in some
faith schools which may be consistent with universal human rights
and respectful of other communities. It appears to be a
deliberate attempt to convert secular state schools into
exclusive faith schools in all but name,” wrote the draft
report.
Reports of the Trojan Horse scandal in a Birmingham school first
emerged in March when an unverified, anonymous letter thought to
have been written by hardline Islamists found its way into
government hands. The letter contains information on a plot to
Islamize British schools from within.
Since then UK media has reported on various hardline policies
being enforced in Birmingham schools, including segregation of
boys and girls, forced praying and intimidation and bullying of
teachers that did not share the same hardline ethos.
Last month five schools in the area were placed on special
measures in the wake of an Ofsted (education inspectorate)
inspection that described a culture of fear and intimidation
taking hold in some schools.