Britain: Scandal-Plagued Muslim School "Dysfunctional"

Gatestone Institute ^ | October 21, 2013 | Soeren Kern

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the Al-Madinah School is being investigated by the government over alleged financial irregularities.

A taxpayer-funded Muslim school in England that was recently exposed for operating according to Islamic Sharia law has been condemned by government inspectors as being "dysfunctional" and "in chaos."

Ofsted, the official agency for inspecting British schools, launched an urgent investigation into the Al-Madinah School in Derby, an industrial city in central England, after it emerged that Islamic fundamentalists running the school ordered all female teachers -- including those who are not Muslim -- to cover their heads and shoulders with a hijab, an Islamic scarf.

In addition to the strict dress code, pupils at the school, have been banned from singing songs, playing musical instruments, or reading fairy tales, activities deemed to be "un-Islamic," according to non-Muslim staff members at the school.

When teaching children the alphabet, staff are prohibited from associating the letter 'P' with the word "pig." Female staff are banned from wearing jewelry and are instructed to avoid shaking hands with male teachers to prevent "insult."

The revelations about the un-British goings-on at the Al-Madinah School -- the working conditions at the school have been compared to "being in Pakistan" -- have fueled outrage over what some are calling underhanded attempts to establish a parallel Islamic education system in Britain.

The Ofsted inspection of Al-Madinah, which was originally scheduled to take place in late 2013, was brought forward to October 1-2 after it emerged that Muslim fundamentalists had taken control of the school.

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Derby is the location of the main body of the Rolls Royce jet engine manufacturing company.