Sir Michael Wilshaw was asked if a fear of being politically incorrect was stopping the Government from developing a national policy on hijabs in schools, and he said: “Yes absolutely. There is a reticence, and it’s leaving headteachers alone, isolated and vulnerable.”

Yes, of course. This is a nation that has sacrificed thousands of its young girls to the fear of being “racist” and “Islamophobic.” It has brought its present dilemmas and troubles upon itself.

Amanda Spielman said some religious fundamentalists want to “actively pervert the purpose of education … and in the worst cases indoctrinate impressionable minds with extremist ideology.”

That’s true, Ms. Spielman. But which religious fundamentalists? In reality, no Christian fundamentalists are doing this, and you know that. Only Sharia-observant Muslims are doing it. Your fear to name them makes you part of the problem, and illustrates why Britain will never solve this problem. If British authorities cannot even name those who are causing the trouble, they will never dare to confront them.

“Ministers too ‘politically correct’ to enforce hijab policy in schools, former Ofsted boss warns,” by Kate McCann, Telegraph, February 14, 2018: