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 Jihad To Control Schools Justifies Lying

We wrote recently about the Muslim practice of taqiyya, which justifies Muslims lying in three circumstances, one of which is war or jihad.  It is discussed extensively in  Patrick Sookhdeo's, Global Jihad: The Future in the Face of Militant Islam. (McLean, VA: Isaac Publishing, 2007), who cites Islamic leaders, teachers, and historical sources, including quotations from Muhammad.

A basic idea is that non-Muslims or outsiders are not owed the truth.  In recent days a potential case study of taqiyya in action has come to light.  Muslims are allegedly trying to take over schools in Birmingham and Bradford in the UK and lying and dissembling appear to be at the heart of their tactical approach.  We say "appear" because at this stage investigations by school authorities, local councils, and the police are underway and are not yet completed. 

But the prima facie case appears pretty strong.
  Either an anti-Muslim conspiracy is underway, or the reverse is true--a strongly pro-Muslim conspiracy employing actual dirty tricks to take control of schools has been rolling out for some time.  What is clear, however, is that if the Muslim conspiracy were proven, it would be entirely consistent with Islamic teaching in the inner core, as contrasted to the expedient public face which Islam adopts, at least in the early days of gaining control of a specific area.

So, what has allegedly gone down?  The Birmingham Mail reports:

'Jihadist plot to take over Birmingham schools'

Secret documents allege extremist conspiracy to remove heads and staff through dirty tricks campaign

 By Jeanette Oldham
 7 Mar 2014 06:00

An alleged plot by Islamic fundamentalists to take over Birmingham schools by ousting headteachers and staff through dirty tricks campaigns is being investigated by education chiefs.  The city council and the Birmingham Mail have received documents which purport to show Jihadists are targeting schools and orchestrating false allegations against staff, including non-Muslims, in an operation dubbed Trojan Horse.

The schools in question have substantial Islamic presence on the rolls.  A letter has surfaced, unnamed, in which those active in a dirty-tricks campaign, named Trojan Horse, in Birmingham schools have written to Muslims in Bradford, advising them to engage in the same campaign in that city.  Here are excerpts from the letter (now in the hands of the authorities):

The documents allegedly feature correspondence from one Birmingham Muslim fundamentalist to another in Bradford.  They detail a five point guide for taking over a school and encourage rolling out Trojan Horse to Bradford and then Manchester, cities with rapidly growing Muslim populations.  The documents outline alleged successful plots being carried out against a number of Birmingham headteachers.

The documents also give a step-by-step guide for targeting other under-performing schools with dirty tricks methods, involving the spreading of lies about the school heads.  Once forced out, hard-line Muslim supporters move in and push through plans to make the schools academies.  The academy status, as promoted by schools minister Michael Gove, allows them to be run out of the control of the local authority, with funding provided direct from central Government.

The secret documents state: ‘’Operation ‘Trojan Horse’ has been very carefully thought through and is tried and tested within Birmingham, implementing it in Bradford will not be difficult for you.’’  Trojan Horse, the documents state, has been fine-tuned so that it is ‘totally invisible to the naked eye and allows us to operate under the radar. I have detailed the plan we have in Birmingham and how well it has worked and you will see how easy the whole process is to get the whole process is to get the head teacher out and our own person in.’’

The documents state schools with poor Ofsted reports and with large Muslim student populations should be targeted for takeover.  They add: ‘’The poor performing schools are easy to disrupt, the better performing with strong head teachers is much harder and so we have to manufacture a strong enough reason, but rest assured we have not failed yet, no matter how difficult removing the head teacher may be. You just have to be clever and find the most appropriate way to deal with the school.’’  The documents add: ‘’This is all about causing the maximum amount of organised chaos and we have fine-tuned this as part of operation Trojan Horse. You must identify what the heads strengths are and build a case of disruption around that.’’

Implicit in the dirty-trick campaign is lying and deceiving and misrepresentation.  At one point the Bradford letter says:

Whilst sometimes the practices we use may not seem the correct way to do things you must remember this is a ‘Jihad’ and as such all means possible to win the war is acceptable.’

That is, it's OK to lie.  What are some of the alleged lies already used in Birmingham?  Hard line, Salafi parents are used to create false allegations which result in staff removals by the authorities.  Amongst these are allegations about staff inflating exam results.

The documents also mention an alleged plot to oust the head teacher at another school by 'planting the seed' of allegations of cheating in SAT tests. The head teacher and her deputy both resigned last year after education chiefs rejected the school's SAT results due to exactly those allegations.[Breitbart, London]

The next phase is to ensure that consistent Muslims are appointed in positions of authority in the schools.  Then, the third phase it to apply for and secure "academy" status which gives the schools much greater autonomy.  They can then function as Islamic madrassa schools. 

Meanwhile, police have confirmed to the Birmingham Mail that a fraud investigation has been reopened at Adderley Primary School after the documents came to light. It is understood the investigation centres on allegations of ‘faked’ resignation letters.  Both schools were named in the documents, along with Saltley School.  The documents claim former Saltley headmaster Balwant Bains would ‘soon be sacked’. In fact, the much respected principal resigned last November after a damning Ofsted report criticised his “dysfunctional” relationship with governors. [Birmingham Mail]

The Birmingham Mail reports that it has received documents purporting to show that jihadists are launching an operation called 'Trojan Horse' through which they plan to orchestrate false allegations against staff members.  Once the original staff members are ousted, the group allegedly plan to install their own supporters in positions of influence and encourage the schools to educate children in strict Islamic principles. They would then apply for academy status, allowing them to be taken out of local authority control, and thus be freer to run the school along strict Islamic lines. [Breitbart]

During the Cold War the KGB and Western spy agencies became committed experts at seeding and releasing disinformation--aka, lying--to promote their respective causes.  If the allegations about Muslims in Birmingham and Bradford are proved up--and there is lots of prima facie evidence to back it up--it should not surprise us at all.  Taqiyya is a real, actual, live, doctrinal justification for lying. In jihad, anything goes.  The Islamic end of world domination justifies the means every time.