There’s a thought provoking and worrying piece on the pro-Israel blog Elder Of Ziyon about attempts by an extremism linked Islamic umbrella group, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) to suborn the American education system to make it more friendly to their ideology.

Elder of Ziyon quoting from a study by academics studying extremism from George Washington University said:

“ A new report published Wednesday by the Program on Extremism at George Washington University details a years long effort by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to influence American K-12 education, including how public schools address terrorism, the October 7 Hamas attacks, antisemitism, Zionism, and Israel.

The October 21 study, titled The Long Game: CAIR’s Campaign to Influence K-12 Education, was authored by Asher Stern, a researcher at the Program on Extremism, and David Collins, a retired FBI special agent with more than 29 years of law enforcement experience, including counterterrorism investigations involving Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

The researchers document how CAIR and its state chapters have developed educator guides, parent advocacy templates, curriculum resources, district outreach programs, legal advocacy initiatives, and legislative campaigns to influence school policies and instructional materials. The report identifies instances in which CAIR’s advocacy reached state education agencies and the processes used to develop official guidance.

CAIR Educator Guide Discouraged Use of “Terrorist” and “Extremist”
Among the report’s findings is a 2024 educator guide published by CAIR New Jersey, which instructs teachers to refrain from using the terms “Extremist” and “Terrorist” in classrooms. The guidance, appearing in a section addressing “Palestine”, also discourages educators from describing Israeli-Palestinian violence as “clashes” or “conflict,” instead presenting Israel’s actions as ethnic cleansing and military occupation.

The researchers also examined a September 2022 curriculum developed by CAIR New Jersey and Teaching While Muslim for classroom discussions of the September 11 terrorist attacks. According to the report, the curriculum attributed the attacks partly to U.S. foreign policy and included a link to the full text of Osama bin Laden’s Letter to America among its educational resources. CAIR New Jersey announced that it had shared resources with nearly 30 school districts encompassing more than 55 public schools, requesting that administrators circulate the material among educators.”

Read the rest of Elder of Ziyon’s post and the rest of his always thought provoking posts via the link below:

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2026/10/1022-links-pt2-anti-semitism-that-led.html

The uncovering of what looks like a highly organised plot by an Islamist organisation to bend the US education system to its own will should not be seen as something that only pertains to the United States. It is highly likely in my view that similar groups to CAIR are actively trying or have tried such tactics in the past in Britain. However, unlike in the USA Britain is less likely to have the sort of academics who would examine in any detail any of the Islamic groups in Britain that want to bend the education sector to their will. It’s unlikely that those who should be examining matters such as these will want to make themselves a target for DEI nutcases or worse.

We do have some courageous academics in the UK who might be interested in something like this but I doubt very much that they would be supported by their Universities or Colleges. But, someone, in academia, media or elsewhere needs to take a look at what influence some of the more questionable Islamic groups have on education in Britain, because I doubt that the United States is the only place where suborning of the education system is going on.