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Bushra Nasir, the headteacher acclaimed for reviving a failing London girls' school, and who has been voted one of the UK's most powerful Muslim women, tells Mary O'Hara that mixed faith schools improve social cohesion

She says: "I have a very great commitment to multicultural/multi-religious schools because that's the model I think is really successful - as long as there is sensitivity shown, that everybody's culture is really brought out in a very positive way. That's the ideal."

She says she has no objection to faith schools per se, but that her own teaching experience has shaped her views on the issue. "It's parental choice," she explains. "I haven't got a problem with those [who choose faith schools], but on a personal level my educational experience has been positive because of the fact that I've attended and worked in schools where I think you can work in a very harmonious way. It's a very good preparation for the young women who go on to work in environments that are going to be multicultural. I mean they are not going to be separated, so it is important."

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