Muslims leaders have called a failing Muslim free schol a "national embarrassment" but said the scandal had been misreported by the press.
The devastating official Ofsted report slammed the Al-Madinah Islamic school in Derby for being "in chaos," amid accusations of introducing strict religious practices.
An inspection at the school, which is run by the Al-Madinah Education Trust, was brought forward after fears were raised over questionable teaching standards and allegations it has discriminated against female staff.
[A COMMENT] Simple solution: All state schools should be secular [non religious] as has been the case in France for a century. Religious instruction is done by religious groups outside school. If parents are desperate to educate their children in a fully religious setting perhaps they should pay for it themselves.
I certainly do not believe the taxpayer should be subsidising religious indoctrination in any way, shape or form. That is not what state schools are for. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
