Jihadists recruiting at UK school

From educatethepeople.org

Anna Fazackerley and Jessica Shepherd……..

Academics are warned about burying their heads in the sand, report Anna Fazackerley and Jessica Shepherd.

Universities have been warned this week that Islamist extremists are likely to target freshers fairs looking for recruits, fuelling accusations that politically correct academics are burying their heads in the sand about terrorism.

Shiraz Maher, who joined the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir while studying at Leeds University but later renounced his membership, told The Times Higher that universities were “bread-and-butter” recruiting grounds for extremist groups.

He said: “If you go to freshers fairs at University College London, the School of Oriental and African Studies and the London School of Economics next month, you will find Hizb ut-Tahrir undercover.