An alleged plot to takeover some of Britain's schools by Islamist extremists has been reportedly masterminded by a ringleader who had drafted a guide document on the process, a media report has said.
Tahir Alam, chairman of governors at Park View school in Birmingham, is allegedly the man behind a blueprint for the so-called "Trojan Horse" plot for the radical "Islamisation" of secular state schools.
He called for "girls [to] be covered except for their hands and faces", advocated gender segregation in some school activities, and attacked a "multicultural approach" to collective worship, 'The Sunday Telegraph' reported.
In his 72-page document, published by the Muslim Council of Britain in 2007, Alam and co-author Muhammad Abdul Bari attacked many state schools for not being "receptive of legitimate and reasonable requests made by Muslim parents and pupils in relation to their faith-based aspirations and concerns".
They described how Muslim governors could be activated to press the "views and aspirations of Muslim parents and the local community" on reluctant schools.
Birmingham has a large Muslim population - nearly 22 per cent, according to the 2011 census.
The "Trojan Horse" plot had come to light recently and involves the alleged takeover of secular state schools and the removal of secular head teachers in Birmingham by radical Muslim staff and governors.
Five non-Muslim heads have left their posts in a tiny area of the northern England city over the past six months.
At least 25 schools in the region are being investigated by the local council and 18 have already been inspected by Britain schools inspectorate Ofsted, of which at least six, including Park View, will be rated "inadequate" for leadership and management.
A separate inspection report by the Department for Education (DfE), leaked to the 'Telegraph', found that girls at Park View were made to sit at the back of the class, syllabuses were "restricted to comply with a conservative Islamic teaching" and an extremist preacher was invited to speak to children.
Alam has claimed there is no such plot, attacking the investigations as "Islamophobic" and a "witch-hunt".
