SRE Consultation Deadline: Last Chance to have your Say
Have your say on your children's education. Submit before Wednesday 7th November 2018 to influence the guidance on Sex and Relationships Education in schools.
Should changing your legal gender be “easier than buying car insurance”?
Yusuf Patel shares his views on the government's consultation on new gender change rules. Have your say before the deadline this Friday 19th Oct.
Sex Education SRE Consultation: Last chance to make a difference
Who is responsible for raising your children?
“Charity Begins at Home”
Yusuf Patel takes a critical look at Muslim discourse surrounding charitable spending in the UK and abroad. Does charity really begin "at home"?
Report Launch: Prevent Policy Further Discredited
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPcJLg1WztQ Prevent is a failed policy. It has been derided by academics, teaching unions, students, police officers, and teachers. Many mosques have spoken out against it and there has been a groundswell of opposition to it within the Muslim community. The many cases recorded by Prevent Watch have brought to the fore the true face of Prevent. Their only mission has been to support those victimised by Prevent, and since the Prevent duty has entered the doors of our children’s schools, we are seeing the many examples of over-reporting: a child asking for a prayer room or growing his beard;…
How many extremists does it take to change a light bulb?
How many extremists does it take to change a light bulb? If the Home Secretary, Theresa May were asked for the punchline, she would struggle, not because she doesn’t possess a sense of humour, I’ve heard she has a cracking sense of humour, but because she isn’t able to clarify what extremism is. And she’s not the only one to struggle in this regard. Yet this hasn’t stopped the Tory government from proposing a set of wide ranging counter-extremism bill with a raft of measures to tackle “non-violent extremists”. There is much to be said but let’s just focus on…
Gove’s Trojan Horse Hoax finally exposed by Education Select Committee
We are pleased that the Trojan Horse Hoax has finally been exposed by a welcomed cross-party Education Select Committee report, but has too much damage already been done? Last year the sensationalist spotlight fell on Birmingham. Amidst the barrage of accusations lay an ideological agenda, one which rubber-stamped an existing narrative in the minds of people. That narrative says Muslims are here as a pervasive fifth column whose long-term goal is to take over this country and overturn its institutions. In an attempt to indoctrinate the minds of the general public, every new controversy (actual or manufactured) is recruited as…
‘Muslim Sex Grooming’ – The Times’ opportunistic Islamophobia exposed
“Muslim Sex Grooming” – The Times’ opportunistic Islamophobia exposed In June 2013, seven men that had perpetrated the brutal rape, torture and abuse of vulnerable girls in the care system were sentenced. Five of the men were sentenced to life imprisonment with two serving between 12 and 20 years. Five out of the seven perpetrators were of Pakistani origin and this case comes after the high profile Rochdale grooming gang hit the headlines. Yesterday the Oxford Safeguarding Children Board (OSCB) released its Serious Case Review (SCR). The SCR details the massive systemic errors that allowed these despicable individuals to act…
The Road to Statutory Sex Education in Schools
MPs Call for Statutory Sex and Relationship Education in Schools The Education Select Committee published its long awaited report into Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) and the headlines screamed "statutory SRE on the horizon". The single most common question I have been asked in response was: 'Is SRE statutory?' The simple answer is no, but the firing shot for statutory SRE has sounded. The Education Select Committee has recommended that the government backs statutory SRE. At present, SRE is not statutory but there are limited aspects of SRE teaching that are legal requirements as part of national curriculum science. In a primary school, besides…
The Muslims have come
An introduction to a series of articles inspired by ‘The Muslims are Coming’, Arun Kundnani The threat of terrorism is a largely imagined one. They would have you believe it is the single greatest threat to the existence of Western civilization. Politicians routinely talk up the threat by deceiving the masses into believing the terrorists are at the front door, and 'our' (read: the government's) response determines whether they succeed or fail. This external threat is a highly effective tool that has been deployed throughout the ages by democrats and dictators alike, it is so effective in minimising and deflecting…
