PROPOSALS have been put forward to open the North-East's first Islamic school on Teesside.
An application has been made to the Department for Education to open the Emaan Academy under the Free School process.
The secondary school would have an Islamic ethos and 50% of the student intake would be from the Muslim faith. The remainder would be from other or no faiths.
It would be aimed at pupils living in disadvantaged parts of Middlesbrough, such as the town centre. The school is the idea of Sulaiman Ahmed, 26, Rouf Ditta, 28, and Moneeb Minhas, 23, all from Middlesbrough, who all have backgrounds in education. [Gazette] Read more [via National Secular Society]
