The Trojan Horse scandal , also known as " Operation Trojan Horse " or the Trojan Horse affair , is a conspiracy theory [1] [2] that posits a plot to introduce an " Islamist " or " Salafist " ethos into several schools in Birmingham , England. The letter was leaked to the press in March Around a month later, Birmingham City Council revealed that following the letter release it had received hundreds of allegations of plots similar to those described in the letter, some claims dating back over 20 years.
Tahir Alam, former chairman of the Park View Educational Trust, which ran three schools in Birmingham, was alleged to have written a page document for the Muslim Council of Britain in detailing a blueprint for the " Islamisation " of secular state schools, a claim that has been widely debunked.
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The government's Department for Education initially responded to the scandal by banning Alam and 14 other teachers from the teaching profession for life in Alam remains [ when?
The teachers were barred from responding to the allegations due to confidentiality orders as part of their employment contracts that were binding also after the suspension. The first opportunity to put their case came when professional misconduct cases were brought against them by the National College of Teaching and Learning an independent agency of the Department for Education, now replaced by the Teaching Regulation Agency in October and May , when the case against the senior teachers collapsed because of "serious improprieties" by the legal team acting for the NCTL.
