Curriculum for Cohesion celebrates its third Annual Dinner at the Royal Over-Seas League

By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson

26 June. At the invitation of our Lead Patron, the Rt. Hon. Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Minister for Justice, Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Minister for London, and Mr. Tim Winter, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College, patrons, academics, friends and associates of Curriculum for Cohesion enjoyed our third Annual Dinner at the Royal Over-Seas League. The dinner celebrated the work of Curriculum for Cohesion over the past year, in particular the pending publication of our book for teachers, educational philosophers and educational policy-makers, ‘ A Fresh Look at Islam in a Multi-faith World: a philosophy for success through education.’ The dinner also introduced the next phase of our work helping with the education of the judiciary, the police force and the prison service in distinguishing between Islam, political Islamism and violent extremism in the company of senior members of the judiciary, the police force and the prison service.

Excellent after-dinner speeches that show the relevance and dynamism of Curriculum for Cohesion were given by:

The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP, Member of Parliament for Tooting, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Minister for London
Professor Roy Bhaskar, World Scholar, Institute of Education, University of London
Mr Farooq Murad, Secretary-General, Muslim Council of Britain
Mr Mohammed Amin, Chairman, Conservative Muslim Forum
Dr Matthew L N Wilkinson, Director, Curriculum for Cohesion
Sir David Calvert-Smith QC, Chairman, the Parole Board of England and Wales
Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP, Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties

The speeches can be heard and read at:http://curriculumforcohesion.org/