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Academics & Education
DfE bans ISIS supporter Mizanur Rahman from running schools
(Schools Week) A man jailed for his support for terrorist group Islamic State has been banned from being involved in running schools. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman is now barred from holding management positions in private schools and being a state school governor under […]
Books
Rushdie: from fatwa fugitive to free speech hero
(AFP) On February 14, 1989, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for British writer Salman Rushdie to be killed for writing “The Satanic Verses,” which the cleric said insulted Islam. In a fatwa, or religious decree, Khomeini urged “Muslims of the […]
Immigration
France rescues 159 migrants as they bid to make it to the UK
(Euronews) French authorities rescued 159 migrants as they attempted to cross the English Channel and make it to the UK. Among the migrants saved were 10 children and a pregnant woman. Several suffered from hypothermia. The French Maritime Prefecture said they were […]