It is wrong to assert that a small unrepresentative group of Muslim activists tried to Islamises a state primary school in Woking. The silent majority of Muslim parents would like to send their children to state funded Muslim schools. They are not extremists who want to change of ethos of those schools where Muslim children are in majority. It is the democratic right of every Muslim parent to see that their children receive balanced education, so that when their children grow up, they do not find themselves cut off from their cultural roots and linguistic skills. It is a question of common sense, humanity and reason that bilingual Muslim children must be educated in state funded Muslim schools with bilingual Muslim teachers as role models during their developmental periods. The whole world believes that people who speak more than one language is a vital economic asset. Pupils who speak more than one language do not cause difficulties. It is the politicians and monolingual teachers who are the problems for bilingual pupils. Muslim school will help to cultivate the child into a healthy, fully flourishing individual with a passion for learning. There are hundreds of state and church schools where Muslim children are in majority. In my opinion, all such schools may be opted out as Muslim Academies.

Muslim faith schools are more or less bilingual schools. Priority will be given to the teaching of Standard English, Arabic, Urdu and other community languages. All Muslim children will learn and be well versed in Standard English and Quranic Arabic and at the same time they will learn and be well versed in one of the community language to keep in touch with their cultural roots and enjoy the beauty of their literature and poetry. Majority of children will learn Urdu language because it is a lingua franca of the migrants from the sub-continent. And majority of British Muslims are from Pakistan and their national language is Urdu.
IA
http://www.londonschoolofislamics.org.uk

Muslim Academies,
I suppose it'll go over those australian heads as the boat people issue does.

Dear Iftikhar,

I'm not sure what the point is that you're trying to
make with this discussion? What has what happened
in the UK some time ago got to do with Australia?

As far as I'm
aware there are plenty of Muslim schools, especially
in NSW, and they are state and goveernment funded.
The only time that funding
was taken away from a Muslim school
was in the following case due to fraud:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/ofarrell-government-freezes-islamic-schools-funding/story-fn59nlz9-1226306619798

I am a bit wary of this thread, and a bit sorry it will bring comments just like individuals, no depth.
It too will hight a growing concern in the western world, about the separatism within Muslim community's in our country's.We should all note, previous threads such as this, developed in to some thoing far different.
I number my self as one of the concerned.
But want to highlight a view long held, it is not normally those Muslims, the educated Muslims that are of concern.
Unfortunately, in my strongly held view, one I am not ashamed of, uneducated Muslims that bring western concerns.

bring comments just like individuals, no depth.
Belly,
no depth ? it's already way above your head ! I did predict that in the first post.

.....it is the democratic right of every Muslim parent to see that their children receive balanced education,

Too right it is, simply go back home and attend any school they like.

You see there is one thing theses types seem to keep forgetting, and that this is Australia and we ARE NOT and DONT WANT TO BE a Muslim country.

It is simply wrong to assume any race can come here and change our ways, in order to accommodate their ways.

Now before you go off and call me racist, I have no problems with anyone wanting to move here and share this wonderful country.

Two conditions.

Contribute, and leave their baggage behind.

Afterall, we wouldn't get treated any differently in their country, assuming of cause we were accepted in the first place.