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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUK government shuts down Islamic girls boarding school that taught that homosexuals should be killed
The fee-paying independent faith school, Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College for Girls in Nottingham, came under scrutiny in 2014 when a former pupil blew the whistle on practises at the school.
The Times reports that former student Aliyah Saleem says she was expelled in 2011, for owning a disposable camera.
The former student alleged that as part of an Islamic-focused education, pupils are taught that gay men are deserving of death, that men should be allowed to beat their wives, and that God hates Jewish people.
She added: At least four girls accused of being lesbians were expelled during my time. Teachers and pupils discussed it openly. I remember seeing two girls pack their bags after someone claimed theyd been kissing.
An Ofsted inspection earlier this year found the school was failing in many areas, including provisions around its faith-based education.
The education watchdog found extreme materials in the schools library, noting: Inspectors found that the school does not promote balanced views. Pupils can access books in the library that have been written by controversial authors, for example by one who is not allowed to enter this country.
Leaders were not able to say how these books supported the schools curriculum, or how pupils who accessed such books would be helped to understand a different point of view.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/10/14/school-that-expelled-pupils-for-being-gay-closed-down/
This is Ms. Saleem talking with a panel in 2014 about this school she went to that has now been shut down...
ColemanMaskell
(783 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)If this "school" is teaching children that God wants them to have hate, then I'm sorry, but just shut that place down pronto.
And relatedly, what does it say about a set of parents who are sending their own children to such a house of horrors?
Did anyone else watch Frontline last week? I'm reminded of that episode in reading about this school.
K&R
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)just as wicked a theology as fundie people who profess christ yet don't read the bible themselves. I made that mistake at one time in my life, just taking the interpretation of his, the preach, and believing, but once I started to really study with the help of my huge concordance, many statements that Southern Baptist bastard made were personal bias and money grubbing bullshit.
Albertoo
(2,016 posts)Religiously affiliated schools are holding humanity back.
Let religion be like circumcision: give people a choice when they're 18,
don't force it on children when their minds are not grown enough to evaluate beliefs.