16 December 2019

Birmingham Islamic school 'swift to address' extremist books concerns

Leaders at an Islamic private school where extremist books were found have been "swift to address" concerns the discovery raised, inspectors say.

Ofsted rated Jamia Islamia Birmingham boys' school "inadequate" in July after finding books in the library promoting "support for an Islamic State".

A follow-up inspection found the books had been removed but the school still did not meet all required standards.

The school said it made a "tremendous amount of progress" in a few months.

Inspectors said one book contained the words: "Don't make the Jews and the Christians your friends."

The Sparkbrook school, which told inspectors it had been "unaware of the existence of these texts", has since introduced a library policy setting out what materials should and should not be included. [BBC] Read more