.... The establishment of independent Muslim schools, which still only accommodate 4% of Muslim children, represents a maturing of the British Muslim community rather than a "worrying" trend or "divisive" threat.
It also represents a proactive attempt to remedy low levels of achievement in our communities. The honest, unsensational truth is that we pose no threat to state schools or society.
[A COMMENT] There's no need for a separate Muslim, catholic, Jewish, or any religious school which separates a community as we need more inclusion and less of this exclusion from mainstream society by hiding behind the shroud of religion.
[Another COMMENT] Yes, religious based schooling worked so well in Northern Ireland when it came to healing the divides in society. [Guardian Cif] Read more
