A new ‘counter-terrorism curriculum’ which is aimed to condemn terrorist ideology to UK school children will be launched today.
Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
hopes the ‘Islamic Curriculum on Peace & Counter Terrorism’ will
dissuade young British people from joining terror organisations such as
Isis, and has claimed his work is a ‘Jihad against Isis’.
He now hopes the government will implement a mandatory ‘anti-radicalisation’ sector to the national curriculum.
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri told BBC Radio 4: ‘This problem of radicalisation has not been properly tackled.
‘It should be on the curriculum. Peace should be taken as peace
studies as a subject. De-radicalization should be taken as a subject.
Counter-terrorism should be taken as a subject.’
He claims his curriculum draws on the teachings of the Prophet
Muhammad ‘based on love and tolerance and coexistence and togetherness’,
in order to dismantles what he considers the flawed ideology of terror
groups.
An estimated 700 Britons have left the Uk to fight for the Islamic
State, while David Cameron has criticised the UK Muslim community for
‘quietly condoning’ extremism.