.... All of the city's MPs recently wrote a letter to Mr Gove calling for a full inquiry into the issues in order to settle the matter and help restore confidence in the schools identified in the alleged plot.
A DfE spokesperson said: "The allegations made in relation to some schools in Birmingham are very serious and we are investigating all evidence put to us in conjunction with Ofsted, Birmingham City Council and the police.
"It is absolutely vital these investigations are carried out impartially, without prejudgement.
[A COMMENT] If the reverse of this had happened in a Muslim country with schools being accused of trying to push a hard-line Christian religious policy, the ones believed to be responsible would already be dead, yet we can't even deport them without years of legal battles all at the taxpayers expense.
We have to wake up to the reality of religious extremism in our midst, no matter which made-up fairy tale book they read. [PA/The Huffington Post UK] Read more
