Devout Muslim school where CHILD DIED and books teach husbands can beat their wives is taken over by government, BUT NOT CLOSED

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Let’s review what we know about the Al Hijrah school, one of Britain’s first Muslim schools to secure state funding. 

Islamic school that tried to gag Ofsted after report criticised it for segregating pupils and having books advocating domestic abuse in the library is FINALLY named.
The Islamic school that tried to suppress its critical Ofsted report can finally be named after a legal challenge by the Daily Mail. Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham was criticised for segregating pupils and keeping books in its library that advocated beating wives.

And still it remained open.

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Ofsted criticised Al-Hijrah, which accepts children between ages four and 16, in an inspection in June 2016 for its practice of segregating girls and boys entirely from the age of nine, including separate lessons, breaks and school trips.

The school was rated as “inadequate”, the lowest possible grade, but it challenged the report in a judicial review in the high court in November.

And still it remained open.

An Islamic school whose public funds were allegedly sent to Pakistan has run up debts of almost £3 million, it has emerged. Pupils at the troubled Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham were forced to eat their meals on the floor after the school failed to provide basic facilities, appoint enough teachers or introduce a new national curriculum. It was alleged last year that public funding earmarked for dining tables and chairs was instead sent to Pakistan.

And still it remained open.

Controversial Al Hijrah school should be bulldozed: Education chief

And still it remained open.

The Courts in the UK shielded the school – in accordance with sharia law. A High Court judge in London ruled in November last year that Ofsted inspectors were wrong to penalise Al-Hijrah school, in Bordesley Green, on the basis of an “erroneous” view that segregation amounted to unlawful discrimination.

A Muslim child died there. So now there is outrage? The government is taking it over. Why haven’t they closed this haven of hate and incitement to violence?

Controversial Muslim school where child died and books say husbands can beat their wives is taken over by the Government

  • The Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham is to be taken over by the State
  • An interim board has been appointed to oversee that multiple problems identified in a damning Ofsted report are addressed immediately
  • The education watchdog issued a damning report on the school which found bullying, a chaotic playground, weak teaching, pupils who were not ‘sufficiently’ safe and staff who did not know what to do in medical emergencies

By Liz Dunphy For Mailonline, 16 July 2017

A controversial Muslim school which has been monitored since a child died there and books condoning domestic violence and forced sex were found in its library is to be taken over by the state.

The Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham is to become an Academy and the Department of Education confirmed to the MailOnline that an interim board has been appointed to oversee that multiple problems identified in a damning Ofsted report are addressed.

The education watchdog issued a highly critical report earlier this year which listed bullying, weak teaching, a chaotic playground, pupils who were not ‘sufficiently’ safe and staff who did not know what to do in medical emergencies as being serious problems at the school and gave the school the lowest ranking possible.

Waseem Yaqub, the former Chair of the Governers at Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham

Waseem Yaqub, the former Chair of the Governers at Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham

Offensive books have also been found in the school library which state that a husband can beat his wife and insist on having sex with her.

The DoE said that the regional schools commissioner for the West Midlands is currently working with Birmingham council and the interim board to secure a new sponsor to run Al-Hijrah from September.

The school became State funded in 2001, it is one of Britain’s first Muslim schools to secure state funding.

But the 750 pupil school has courted controversy in recent months after a child died there and it mounted a legal challenge to a critical Ofsted report.

Mohammad Imaeel Ashraf, 9, collapsed at the school in March and died later in hospital. His death was reportedly linked to an allergic reaction to fish and chips.

An inquest into the death will be held later this summer.

The school, which has both female and male pupils but segregates the sexes for all lessons from the age of 5 to 16 had mounted a legal challenge to an earlier Ofsted report that said that its segregation policy was a breach of the Equality Act.

Al-Hijrah opened in Burbidge Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham in 1999 and was at that time the city's only Islamic school. It is run by the Al-Hijrah Trust but was placed in special measures after a damning Ofsted report branded it 'inadequate'

In the first case of its kind, the state-funded Islamic school challenged its own critical Ofsted report, which found separating the pupils left them ‘unprepared for life in modern Britain’.

It was argued in court that segregating pupils for religious reasons harms girls’ life chances and creates ‘an apartheid’ within schools which makes girls feel they are ‘different’ and inferior.

Ofsted said that Muslim faith schools which separate boys and girls are guilty of sex discrimination.

Appeal court judges have been asked to make a definitive ruling in the case.

If Ofsted wins, faith schools across the country that teach boys and girls separately will be inspected and may have to change their policy.

Protests previously broke out at the school as parents and students fought the Department for Education takeover after Ofsted judged it to be failing and its governing body was disbanded

Amanda Spielman, chief inspector at education watchdog Ofsted told The Times that she found it ‘deeply frustrating’ when legal challenges were ‘used to delay things that in our view urgently need to happen.’

‘It is rare for schools to go to court to challenge a report but sometimes the stakes are high,’ she said.

The school has both female and male pupils but segregates the sexes for all lessons from the age of 5 to 16. It had mounted a legal challenge to an Ofsted report that said that its segregation policy was a breach of the Equality Act which is due to conclude shortly

The school has both female and male pupils but segregates the sexes for all lessons from the age of 5 to 16. It had mounted a legal challenge to an Ofsted report that said that its segregation policy was a breach of the Equality Act which is due to conclude shortly

‘I am deeply concerned about the idea that total segregation of children within a mixed school is acceptable,’ Spielman said.

Ms Spielman, who previously attended an all-girls school, said that she believed the case would set an important legal precedent.

Ofsted has spent more than £66,000 on legal fees in the case and Birmingham city council helped fund Al-Hijrah’s legal costs.

If Ofsted win the case faith schools across the country could be sued by parents if ‎judges decide segregating pupils for religious reasons is illegal, lawyers have claimed.

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Mesh
Mesh
6 years ago

Sounds like an awful school

Generalpatern
Generalpatern
6 years ago
Reply to  Mesh

I recon most of the lessons will be about islam, not the 3 R,s

John Carson
John Carson
6 years ago

No worries….it’s a Muslim school. So England will change (Dumb down) the rules so it can “fit in” with what the new Muslim Masters want for THEIR new Muslim land!!! Enjoy your Muslims!!!!!!!!!!

Albion
Albion
6 years ago

Er, nobody has mentioned this yet but the school is £3 million pounds in the red and it bought a school in Pakistan for £1 million with British tax payers money, this was never recovered…the headteacher and none of the governors has been brought to book over this yet.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/controversial-al-hijrah-school-should-9804686

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Karenrcoria
6 years ago
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Dan Knight
Dan Knight
6 years ago

Wife beating is offensive … but whipping your subs is fine.

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Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

More islamophobia, while a student is at school, the teachers are the “parents” with responsibilities toward the student and accountability to the parents for that. A britanimstain is an islamic republic with shari’a as the defect legal system, until officially proclaimed, it must be followed.
Quran (18:65-81) – This parable lays the theological groundwork for honor killings, in which a family member is murdered because they brought shame to the family, either through apostasy or perceived moral indiscretion. The story (which is not found in any Jewish or Christian source) tells of Moses encountering a man with “special knowledge” who does things which don’t seem to make sense on the surface, but are then justified according to later explanation. One such action is to murder a youth for no apparent reason (74). However, the wise man later explains that it was feared that the boy would “grieve” his parents by “disobedience and ingratitude.” He was killed so that Allah could provide them a ‘better’ son. [Note: This parable along with verse 58:22 is a major reason that honor killing is sanctioned by Sharia. Reliance of the Traveler (Umdat al-Saliq) says that punishment for murder is not applicable when a parent or grandparent kills their offspring (o.1.12).]

Steve 'Russell' Routledge
Steve 'Russell' Routledge
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

What are you blabbing on about …. I cant actually tell if your being critical or defending honor killing …. can you clear that up?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

No.

marlene
marlene
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

LOL!

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  marlene

One tries to be honest…

Richard
Richard
6 years ago

“An 81-year-old former Koran teacher who was convicted of a string of child sex offences has been jailed for 13 years.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40531730

He was practising what he taught. That is what the protesting Muslim women mean by “Adorable teachers” and “Outstanding results”

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Closing the school would only drive the problem into another hole somewhere. It is best to have a very public open inquiry to every thing that went on at that school, including its use of taxpayer money to fund its operations and other activities. With, where justified by british law, criminal charges against those irresponsible. The death of the student is not to be allowed to get attributed to some phoney reason so as only to provide something to fill in space on the death certificate.

John Carson
John Carson
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

It said in the article that MOST of the tax payer funding went to Afganistan!!!!
Only a tiny percent of the funds were actually spent on the school or students!!!!
Please read the WHOLE article………

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  John Carson

What are you going on about?

John Carson
John Carson
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Uh,can you read?? Do you comprehend WHAT you read???
READ the article COMPLETELY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  John Carson

Uhhhh what’s the fourteenth letter of the alphabet, I forgot.

John Carson
John Carson
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Here it is .!.. 😉

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  John Carson

Could you repeat that?

John Carson
John Carson
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

You must be deaf…………..

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  John Carson

What?

AlgorithmicAnalystD
AlgorithmicAnalyst
6 years ago

Do the women holding those signs know how to read them?

Generalpatern
Generalpatern
6 years ago

And of their Free will?

harbidoll
harbidoll
6 years ago

Boys do better in co-ed. They compete & show off. Girls do better in same-sex ed. They dont get girly goo eyed & act silly/stupid or pay too much attention to their looks, dress.

Generalpatern
Generalpatern
6 years ago

I wonder how well any non muslim children would fare in this environment, surely they are allowed to attend, knowing we have all these wonderful eu anti discrimination rules.

freepetta
freepetta
6 years ago

It doesn’t happen very often, but I am speechless.
Don’t these countries miss there tourism dollars?

Jose Antonio Hernandez Gonzále
Jose Antonio Hernandez Gonzále
6 years ago

Your govermen must be really idiot to give so munch facilities to the enemies

steve
steve
6 years ago

Inquest on the dead child might be difficult. Muslims are usually buried within 24 hours of death. ???

marlene
marlene
6 years ago
Reply to  steve

They bury their crimes with their victims.

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