Muslim school in London fails Ofsted inspection after books promoting stoning are found in library: "A school in east London has failed its Ofsted inspection following the discovery of books promoting stoning in its library.
The school acknowledged staff had ‘not been sufficiently vigilant’
Investigators from the education watchdog found three ‘extreme’ texts at the private Muslim Jamiatul Ummah School in Tower Hamlets, and published their report on 4 January.
The texts promoted both the inequality of women and illegal punishments such as stoning, the report said, and undermined the rule of British law.
‘The concern is that during a very brief tour of the library inspectors found three books that undermine the active promotion of the rule of British law and respect for other people,’ the Ofsted report read.
‘The books promote inequality of women and punishments, including stoning to death, which are illegal in Britain and which do not reflect the school’s ethos of tolerance and integration.
‘Staff have not been sufficiently vigilant about the availability of inappropriate texts in the library or sufficiently aware of the potential for unwittingly promoting extreme views.’
Staff at the all-boys school, which charges £3,400 a year, said they had removed the offending texts and were carrying out an audit on the rest of its materials.
This is the third inspection Jamiatul Ummah has failed since October 2014.
The latest surprise investigation took place on 25 November, but the report was not published until 4 January.
‘The school said in a statement: ‘Our position in respect to extremism is very clear, we condemn all forms of extremism unequivocally and this is recognised by Ofsted...’"
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