Saturday 30 March 2013

MP urges probe into Islamic letter on schooling

A “COMPLETELY inappropriate” letter warning parents that a meeting was “more serious than death” has been sent out by an Islamic group with links to a free school which has been given the initial go-ahead by the Government.

The document was sent to homes in Halifax by the Sunniyy School which is run by a group with connections to the proposed Northern Lights Primary Free School being planned in the town.

It came to light after parents and staff at state schools gave it to Calderdale Council and MPs to raise concerns about the possible link between the free school group and the Sunniyy School.

Now the town’s MP Linda Riordan is demanding the Government launches an inquiry.

The letter said: “If it was said to us ‘If you do not attend this meeting your child will die’

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