News

British officials plan 'dawn raids' to check on Islamic extremism in schools

c. 2014 Religion News Service

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) British Prime Minister David Cameron has authorized unannounced inspections dubbed “dawn raids” on schools in the English Midlands after education inspectors found that some were covering up evidence of Islamist infiltration.

Beginning Monday (June 9), Cameron took charge of the British government’s response to allegations that extremist Muslims have taken over several schools in Birmingham, England’s second-largest city after London.