Baljeet Ghale, the first ethnic minority president of the National Union of Teachers, believes that ordering schools to teach “British values” merely incites racism. During the NUT’s annual conference in Harrogate last week, she said that plans to put Britishness on the curriculum risked encouraging the "shadow of racism." Conference Professor Gus John said attempts to teach British values would be "fatuous", whilst further claiming that all schools must assume that they are institutionally racist.  

Who is a real hero? It is often a person respected for possessing certain characteristics he/she is blessed with. Admiration for the hero could stem from an act of immense bravery. Followers of Islam around the world are yearning to proudly showcase a Muslim identity many feel is constantly under fire. What the majority of Muslims really want to do is share Islam's culture and identity with the world.

Psychologists often state that people grow up with a need for heroes, and the media repeatedly offers candidates to fill this void. But is the adoption of a hero more to do with ones own n ...