MUSLIM leaders have announced plans to open a secondary school in Derby which would be at the vanguard of the fight against extremism. The faith school could open by 2012. It would ensure children can pray facing Mecca and teach a GCSE in Islamic Studies.
A leader of Normanton's Islamic community involved with the scheme said that, by stressing the peaceful nature of Islam, he believed the school could turn children away from extremism.
Community leader Shahban Rehmat said: "If you are teaching people the ways of Islam and the true cause of Islam, then it stops negativity and it stops people saying the wrong thing."
He stressed that non-Muslim teenagers would be able to attend the school and would not have to pray if they did not want to. [Derby Evening Telegraph] Read more
