Anti-Muslim suspicion in Britain has a whiff of McCarthyism about it

Allegations that 25 schools in Birmingham are at risk of an "Islamic takeover plot" reached new levels of hysteria recently. An announcement was made that a counter-terrorism expert has been drafted in to conduct yet another investigation. The minister responsible, Michael Gove, has managed at a stroke to increase fear and suspicion between Muslim and non-Muslim in the city. The fact that the chief constable of West Midlands police, Chris Sims, has denounced the decision as "desperately unfortunate", itself an extraordinary move, gives an indication of the scale of the concern.

So what was the evidence that provoked such a serious intervention and the accompanying media frenzy? A four-page document in which "plotters" outlined their dastardly plans to oust a headteacher for not being "open to our suggestions of adhering to strict Muslim guidelines".

It made reference to a headteacher called Noshaba Hussain, whom the alleged plotters claim to have ousted from Springfield school only for her to be reinstated by the governors, and so "we have another plan in place to get her out". But the school has confirmed that Hussain left the school 20 years ago. Other details point to the document's inauthenticity and Sims – the most senior police officer in the region – has told the Guardian that it could be a hoax.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/17/anti-muslim-suspicion-britain-mccarthyism-birmingham-schools

See! I do read links didgie!!
But this one was broken   

How many more tmes - it's not just about the bloody letter!

"It emerged yesterday that Bradford council had replaced the entire board of governors at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College, a secondary school with more than 1,000 pupils, amid reports of clashes between the head and Muslim governors. It is the third time that schools governors have been replaced in the city in recent months."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/operation-trojan-horse-now-25-birmingham-schools-under-investigation-for-alleged-Islamic-extremist-takeover-plot-9259798.html

There have been complaints from over 200 parents... certain schools were taken out of the principals' hands because of the appalling way they were run... girls were made to sit at the back of the classroom... and on and on...

But I won't even bother mentioning the inconvenient truths on here any more - total waste of time.

Tesstacious wrote:How many more tmes - it's not just about the bloody letter!

"It emerged yesterday that Bradford council had replaced the entire board of governors at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College, a secondary school with more than 1,000 pupils, amid reports of clashes between the head and Muslim governors. It is the third time that schools governors have been replaced in the city in recent months."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/operation-trojan-horse-now-25-birmingham-schools-under-investigation-for-alleged-Islamic-extremist-takeover-plot-9259798.html

There have been complaints from over 200 parents... certain schools were taken out of the principals' hands because of the appalling way they were run... girls were made to sit at the back of the classroom...  and on and on...

But I won't even bother mentioning the inconvenient truths on here any more - total waste of time.

Tess those people saying its a hoax bla bla bla its a tiny minority bla bla bla, they are never going to let the facts get in the way of an agenda push.

didge, what's your problem - it's a win win for you.

The 200+ allegations are all found to be false - islamophobia.

The 200+ allegations are found to be true - we've beaten extremism and it will bring us all closer together.

BigAndy9 wrote:didge, what's your problem - it's a win win for you.

The 200+ allegations are all found to be false - islamophobia.

The 200+ allegations are found to be true - we've beaten extremism and it will bring us all closer together.

Who said I have a problem, just posting an article giving a view, I though will await the outcome of the investigation