Islam in the United Kingdom Islam Boys' High School coming in second place. Some Islamic schools have been accused of promoting extremist versions of Islam. In 2018,the Crown Prosecution Service brought its first prosecution in England & Wales against an unregistered school, the Islamic faith school "Al-Istiqamah Learning Centre" in Southall, London where nearly 60 children aged 5-11 were being taught. Head teacher Beatrix Bernhardt and director Nacerdine Talbi were convicted as running a school not registered with the Department for Education violates the Education and Skills Act 2008. They received fines and a curfew. Several notable Muslim religious leaders and scholars are based in
History of slavery in the Muslim world a way of expiating sins. Many early converts to Islam, such as Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi, were former slaves. In theory, slavery in Islamic law does not have a racial or color component, although this has not always been the case in practice. In 1990, the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam declared that "no one has the right to enslave" another human being. Many slaves were often imported from outside the Muslim world. Bernard Lewis maintains that though slaves often suffered on the way before reaching their destination, they received good treatment and some degree of acceptance as