The Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham has been accused to warning girls from using tampons (Picture: BPM)

An Islamic school in Birmingham has warned female pupils not to use tampons, it has been claimed today.

The Al-Hijrah School reportedly sent out the guidance in a memo to teachers which called for ‘physical, sexual, moral and emotional development’ of pupils.

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The school library also allegedly contained a book which said husbands can hit their wives and demand sex at any time.

A document leaked to the Sun called Sex and Relationships Education Policy 2017 discusses personal hygiene and states: ‘Among the various types of pads, tampons may not be appropriate due to insertion.’


Muna Adil, from religious think tank Quilliam, branded the advice ‘misogynistic and misinformed’.

The Al-Hijrah School was found inadequate by Ofsted last year (Picture: BPM)

She said: ‘Young girls already have a hard time dealing with their changing bodies at this age.



‘To further ill-advise them on the imaginary connotations of using tampons is shameful and must be condemned.’

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The school’s headteacher Arshad Mohammed said: ‘The guidance regarding the use of tampons is part of our sex education policy and is information relating to personal hygiene for pupils.

‘At no point has this had any connection to faith.’

Mr Mohammed also said the issue will be reviewed at the next governors meeting.

Al Hijrah School was one of the Birmingham schools caught up in the 2014 Trojan Horse scandal in which governors at several Islamic were believed to have hatched a plot to create a more religious teaching environment. Ofsted found the school inadequate in 2017.

Metro.co.uk has approached the school for a comment.