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The Charity Commission clears education charity of political links

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 14:51

The Charity Commission published a report on Monday in which it said that the Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation no longer has any links with Hizb ut-Tahrir, and that 'issues identified and considered did not give rise to regulatory concerns.'

The Commission warned however that 'the advancement of education cannot be used to promote a political or predetermined point of view', adding that 'charity trustees are entitled to be members of political parties but they are not permitted to use a charity to achieve party political aims.'

The Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation was said to have been run by Hizb ut-Tahrir members, though the Charity Commission said yesterday that it was satisfied that the headteacher at one of the schools run by the Foundation has not belonged to HT 'for a few years.'

Readers will recall that disinformation dessiminated by press and officials contributed to a furore on public funds being diverted to schools that were allegedly incorporating 'extremist' teaching in their curriculum. Media outlets had seized on the opportunity to construct demons, and advance anti-Muslim prejudice, but were unsurprisingly muted on the incident following the Charity Commission's report.

The Charity Commission's report, along with Ofsted, has also debunked Michael Gove's insistence late last year that 'links between the Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation and Hib ut-Tahrir run deeper than personnel.'

We now await further clarification on the incorporation and promotion of political ideologies in the curriculums of government-funded schools following our letter to Michael Gove.

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warey - Sterling work

|2010-06-09 11:59:45

Very good work. Perhaps we should get Charities who are under charity commission rules to get the charity commision to clarify "the advancement of education cannot be used to promote a political or predetermined point of view' vis a vis the promotion of zionism in certain UK Jewish Schools

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