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There are some non-Muslim teachers. Jamiatul Fikriya has five Hindu teachers, all wearing ultra-conservative hijabs with only the eyes showing.~Some Islamic English schools boast air-conditioned classrooms, swimming lessons and the latest computers, others like Al-Mumin must endure squalor and disrepair.~The institution where Suraiya Khan works is the Al-Mumin Islamic English school, a collection of six rooms really, run by the Moral Education Trust, set up by a group of Muslim builders and businessmen in 2003.~Almost all students in the schools are Muslim, though many are reporting requests for admissions from local non-Muslims.~A few parents, worried about assimilation issues later in life, given the strong emphasis these schools have on Islamic values and dress, have pulled children out of Islamic English schools.~Some offer international syllabi (one is affiliated to Cambridge University in England), some are not even officially recognised.~Some schools require parents to discard television altogether, others permit specified cable channels (Discovery and Animal Planet are popular).~Some Islamic English schools boast air-conditioned classrooms, swimming lessons and the latest computers, others like Al-Mumin must endure squalor and disrepair.~

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Manoj Patil, HT Photo
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~Manoj Patil, HT Photo
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