Time For Change Report

EDM number 2864 in 2005-06, proposed by Jim McGovern on 25/10/2006.

That this House congratulates Dundee's Al-Makthoum Institute on the publication of its report entitled Time for Change: Report on the Future of the Study of Islam and Muslims in Universities and Colleges in Multicultural Britain; congratulates the authors, Professor Abd al-Fattah El-Ewaisi and Professor Malory Nye, on their hard work; believes the report to be an important contribution to the debate surrounding the study of Islam and Muslims in UK universities; shares with the authors a belief that better education will lead to better understanding of Islam and Muslims; further shares their belief that education is one of the main ways to tackle extremism; and hopes that this report will provide the basis for an ongoing debate about these important issues.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.