Dubbed the “terrorists’ favourite bookseller”, Ahmed Faraz’s bookshop, now closed by police, distributed extremist literature to many involved in terror plots, including one of the 7/7 bombers.
Source/Credit: Birmingham Mail
By Jeanette Oldham | July 26, 2014
Acting principal Monzoor Hussain relieved of duties along with Nansen Primary deputy head Razwan Faraz following damning report
The headteacher of the Birmingham school at the centre of the Trojan Horse plot has been suspended, the Mail has learned.
Park View School acting principal Monzoor Hussain was relieved of his duties in the wake of damning conclusions reached in a report compiled by former anti-terror chief Peter Clarke.
Razwan Faraz, deputy head at Nansen Primary, which was also caught up in the furore, was also suspended.
Sources confirmed the decisions were taken by a new board of trustees installed at Park View Educational Trust, which runs Park View, Nansen and a third school, Golden Hillock.
The Department for Education said last night: “Peter Clarke’s investigation uncovered evidence of unacceptable and inappropriate behaviour.
“We are pleased the new members of Park View Educational Trust are taking swift action to address the issues raised.
“We cannot comment on individual cases but we will expect governing bodies to initiate disciplinary proceedings where it is appropriate to do so.
“The National College for Teaching and Leadership will also take the extensive evidence provided by Mr Clarke so its misconduct panel can consider whether any teachers involved should be barred from the profession.”
Sources close to a number of schools caught up in the plot said disciplinary measures were being instigated at a “fast pace” and other suspensions were likely to follow.
Mr Clarke’s Government-ordered report into the Trojan Horse allegations discovered “compelling evidence” of an attempt by hardline Muslims to “gain control” of school governing bodies.
And his report said: “The clear conclusion is that the Park View Educational Trust has, in effect, become the incubator for much of what has happened and the attitudes and behaviours that have driven it.”
Five Birmingham schools, including all three run by the Trust, were placed in special measures by Ofsted earlier this year after snap inspections triggered by the Trojan Horse claims.
Mr Hussain was said by Mr Clarke’s report to have set up a group on messaging service WhatsApp which suggested both the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby and the bombing of the Boston Marathon were faked.
He and Mr Faraz – a former teacher at Park View School – were said to have been two of the “most prolific” contributors.
Mr Clarke’s report said the WhatsApp group, called the Park View Brotherhood, contained more than 3,000 postings between April 2013 and March 2014.
“Core contributors” were identified as teachers at Park View School, or other schools within the Park View Educational Trust.
Mr Hussain confirmed he set up the forum but said its purpose was solely to discuss items that could be included in school assemblies, Mr Clarke said.
He added: ‘A number of topics are discussed, often by a small group of contributors, which reveal the members’ attitudes towards education, homosexuality and gay marriage.
“There is also an undercurrent of anti-Western sentiment, explicit antagonism towards the British military, a sceptical reaction to news of terrorist attacks (Lee Rigby and the Boston bombings), and numerous links posted to extremist speakers.”
In May last year Mr Faraz allegedly posted a link to a news article about gay marriage followed by the message: “These animals are going out full force.
“As teachers we must be aware and counter their satanic ways of influencing young people.”
Mr Clarke found there had been “co-ordinated, deliberate and sustained action” by a number of individuals to introduce an ‘intolerant and aggressive Islamic ethos’ into a few schools in the city.
Mr Faraz’s brother, Ahmed, is a convicted terrorist.
Dubbed the “terrorists’ favourite bookseller”, Ahmed Faraz’s bookshop, now closed by police, distributed extremist literature to many involved in terror plots, including one of the 7/7 bombers.
In 2011 Ahmed Faraz was jailed for multiple terror-related offences, though he was later cleared of some of the charges on appeal.
No one from Park View Educational Trust was available to comment on the suspensions.
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