A UK Islamic school is accused of teaching pupils that Jews are plotting to take over the world. The school is now under investigation by the Department for Education.
An inquiry by Sky News has found that the Islamic Tarbiyah Academy in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is publishing leaflets promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the fabricated anti-Semitic text describing a so-called Jewish plot for global domination.
The Islamic academy runs an after-school madrasa for 140 primary schoolchildren and adult courses.
The school is run by Mufti Zubair Dudha, a cleric from the Deobandi sect of Islam, which is believed to be overseeing around 50% of UK mosques and madrasas.
Another leaflet seen by Sky News states mixed-sex institutions are evil, instructs Muslims not to follow British customs, and orders females not to leave the family home without full covering.
Dudha told Sky News: “It saddens me greatly that certain extracts from our publications have been taken and misrepresented to link the academy with extremism. We fully believe in the importance and need of integration whilst being able to practise our faith.”
