Publicity generated by the Trojan Horse affair has left Birmingham Muslims feeling “pilloried for what they believe in”, the city council’s equality director has claimed.
Mushaq Ally quoted from the results of a focus group study where participants felt strongly that allegations of schools being a seedbed for violent extremism were whipped up by the media without proper evidence.
There was a general denial in the community that any organised extremist plot existed in Birmingham, he added.
Council officers who asked groups of practising Muslims for their views were told the allegations of inappropriate behaviour were an example of “scaremongering about Islamification of the UK”. [Chamberlain Files] Read more
