Islamophobia & The Trojan Horse Affair with Tahir Alam

<p>The trojan horse affair upended education policy in the UK and gave rise to one of the most problematic policies, the prevent duty. If you haven’t already, The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/podcasts/trojan-horse-affair.html">New York Times Serial podcast</a> on the subject is worth a listen – Tahir and his colleagues were vindicated as concerned parents caught up in a systematic programme of islamophobia. &nbsp;</p> <p>Riaz Hasan and Muhammad Jalal caught up with Tahir Alam - the man at the centre of the scandal - to try to understand the broader motivations of government and others hell bent on tuning back the tide of young Muslim achievement and in the process stoking Islamophobia.</p> <p>Thanks to the team: Riaz Hasan, Musab Muhammad, Reem Walid, Adeel Alam, Yusra Zainuddin, Ahaz Atif and Umar Abdul Salam.&nbsp;</p> <p>You can donate to the show here: <a href="https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/contribute">https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/contribute</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter here:<a href=" https://twitter.com/jalalayn"> https://twitter.com/jalalayn</a> (Host) and <a href="https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim">https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim</a> Website: <a href="//www.thinkingmuslim.com">thinkingmuslim.com</a></p>