Meeting the needs of Muslim pupils in state schools
"The purpose of this guidance manual is to promote greater understanding of the faith, religious and cultural needs of Muslim pupils and how they can be accommodated within state schools. It also provides useful information and guidance and features of good practice on meeting these needs. One of the recommendations made by the Runnymede Trust report (1997) on ‘Islamophobia-a challenge for us all’ was that Local Authorities should work with schools to develop guidelines on the issues concerning Muslims. Many of the areas highlighted by the report have been addressed within this document."
Tahir Alam - Al Hijrah Education Trust and the MCB Education Committee
"I would ask anybody to read this document and to say, well which is the bit of this document that you don’t agree with? I started by saying that I am not a person of faith, a religious faith. I have read that document and agree with almost all of it, there is nothing in it to which I would not assent. It is something that I think all educators should take seriously... I think it is a superb document and I thank you for it... Every school in the country needs to have this and I appeal to the Teachers’ Unions in this country to give their full backing to this document. They will ensure that their teachers have a better opportunity of unlocking the talent of everybody in this country, if they take it seriously."
Professor Tim Brighouse
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