
Hizb ut-tahrir members chant slogans as they take part in an anti-US protest in Lahore Photo: AFP/GETTY Government grants totalling £113,000 were paid last year to the Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation, which runs a nursery and a primary school in Tottenham, north London and a primary in Slough, Berkshire. The grants continued this year, although no figures are available.The foundation's lead trustee and "proprietor" of the Slough school is Yusra Hamilton, a leading member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and wife of the group's main press spokesman, Taji Mustafa. Related Articles £90m anti-terrorism project is fanning the flames of extremism Islamic fundamentalism promoted on websites at some Muslim schools in the UK, think tank finds Conservatives would ban sharia courts, says shadow minister Corby children win High Court birth defects claim Children await outcome of Corby birth defects claim The public money – from the Government's Early Years Fund – was paid to help run the nursery school and two Islamic primary schools where children are taught key elements of Hizb's ideology from the age of five.
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