The Oxford Muslim Pupils’ Empowerment Programme (OMPEP) was originally piloted at Cheney School, Oxford, during January to July 2008.
Developed by Imam Monowar Hussain in response to the lack of properly structured Islamic education designed for the needs of a multi-cultural and multi-faith United Kingdom that was the catalyst for this programme.
The programme remains ‘work in progress’ and is going through a process of further refinement over the next year as it is expanded to include other schools within the City of Oxford and nationally.
The Three Faiths Forum welcome this toolkit. The clear explanations are incredibly useful when faced with difficult questions from young people (from any faith or belief tradition). We hope to continue to working with Imam Hussain in developing resources that address difficult issues.
Questions answered include:
How should we deal with people of other faiths or of none? I was told that
Muslims cannot be friends with Christians and Jews?
What is Islam?
What is Jihad?
What does Islam say about suicide bombings/self sacrifice killing civilians?
Is it legitimate for British Muslims to go and fight against British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Muslims are only allowed to get low paid jobs in the UK because of anti-Muslim prejudice?
