The only way to stop religious extremism in schools is to dismantle the whole ‘faith school’ system

By Terry Sanderson

Investigative reporter Andrew Gilligan has confirmed what we have suspected for some time – that the inspection of Muslim schools by Ofsted is entirely inadequate and that the authorities are running scared of criticising them.

The result of this is to allow very suspect individuals to promote extremist ideals within the schools. Far from leading to a more cohesive society — which is often the claim made of these schools — they are actively promoting separatism and rejection of Western values.

What more evidence does the Government need to convince it that “faith schools” are a menace to its attempts to unify the country? And although these Muslim schools are much more separatist and sinister than the Christian versions, if you allow Christian schools, you cannot legally or morally justify not permitting Islamic schools. The answer? Secularise our education system so that religion plays no part in it.