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I'm not disputing the numbers. You may be getting hung up on the term "madrassa", but as far as I can tell most Muslim kids, whilst attending a "normal" UK state school, additionally do "Islamic studies" outside school hours...t a degree that often results in them de-selecting themselves from e.g. their schools' sports teams etc because of hte time commitments.
Many of these Islamic Studies sessions are held on weekends, not uncommonly on UK government premises, such as state schools...
It would be quite reasonable for the government to demand some basic standards of behaviour, and an auditable "non extremist" curriculum, before allowing publicly owned premises to be used to perpetuate child abuse.
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