The events are historical, but it’s a mistake to believe they are behind us. The atmosphere that fed such lies is still here
If you were to poll a few hundred people, I wonder what they could tell you about the Operation Trojan Horse conspiracy story of 2014. I wonder how many would know one basic fact: that the furore originated from a single letter that was found, early on, to be bogus. I fear that it would be a pitiful number.
I’m also pretty certain that even if you told those people that the main allegation – that there was an organised plot to take over schools in the UK and run them to strict Islamic principles – was debunked, they would still think: well, there’s no smoke without fire. Maybe the smoke didn’t come from this particular fire, but there is definitely another one elsewhere.
Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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