Who were the founders of the British Medina School in Derby that was shut down in 2014?
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The school was established by Al-Madinah Education Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee. The trustees (and directors) comprise Ziad Amjad, Shahban Rehman, Shazia Parveen and the governors comprised Faisal Hussain and Burhan Hanif.
The trustees and governors were from one group within the community with no broad representation, the former three having previously collaborated on a controversial mosque funded childcare project (as directors of an-Noor Limited):Amjad was the founder of the project. A teacher and an ex-committee member at Derby's Jamia Mosque wanted to take a teaching role at the school.Rehman worked at McDonalds for a number of years. Like Amjad, he was an ex-committee member of Jamia Mosque. He controversially was drafted in to open his store on Christmas and was reported to have responded to criticism from the Church by saying, "Who is the Church to object?"Parveen worked as a nurse at Royal Derby Hospital. Along with Rehman and Amjad, she was responsible for a crèche organisation funded by Jamia Mosque.Faisal Hussain used to work for the Derby Community Safety Partnership facilitating the government's ideological battle against terrorism and extremism in Derby. He was involved in the controversial Derby Muslim Forum (DMF) exposed as spying on the community and petitioning the community to support homosexuals.
A number of concerns were raised in relation to this group:The team has not been selected from across the Muslim community, all members having a commonality of political links and affiliations,The team lacked experience running or managing a primary or secondary school,There was a lack of experience in managing large funds including £4 million to start the project and an anticipated £4 million annually,Close associations with organisations promoting political agendas (Community Safety Partnership, Ikhlas Foundation, Minhaj al-Qur'an and the Derby Muslim Forum).
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The school was established by Al-Madinah Education Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee. The trustees (and directors) comprise Ziad Amjad, Shahban Rehman, Shazia Parveen and the governors comprised Faisal Hussain and Burhan Hanif.
The trustees and governors were from one group within the community with no broad representation, the former three having previously collaborated on a controversial mosque funded childcare project (as directors of an-Noor Limited):
- Amjad was the founder of the project. A teacher and an ex-committee member at Derby's Jamia Mosque wanted to take a teaching role at the school.
- Rehman worked at McDonalds for a number of years. Like Amjad, he was an ex-committee member of Jamia Mosque. He controversially was drafted in to open his store on Christmas and was reported to have responded to criticism from the Church by saying, "Who is the Church to object?"
- Parveen worked as a nurse at Royal Derby Hospital. Along with Rehman and Amjad, she was responsible for a crèche organisation funded by Jamia Mosque.
- Faisal Hussain used to work for the Derby Community Safety Partnership facilitating the government's ideological battle against terrorism and extremism in Derby. He was involved in the controversial Derby Muslim Forum (DMF) exposed as spying on the community and petitioning the community to support homosexuals.
A number of concerns were raised in relation to this group:
- The team has not been selected from across the Muslim community, all members having a commonality of political links and affiliations,
- The team lacked experience running or managing a primary or secondary school,
- There was a lack of experience in managing large funds including £4 million to start the project and an anticipated £4 million annually,
- Close associations with organisations promoting political agendas (Community Safety Partnership, Ikhlas Foundation, Minhaj al-Qur'an and the Derby Muslim Forum).