Congratulations to Community Policy Forum on its Islamophobia, Education, and the Future Parliamentary Event

That the Parliament congratulates the Community Policy Forum on a successful event, Islamophobia, Education, and the Future, which took place in the Scottish Parliament on 17 January 2023; understands that Muslim teachers, students and their families face a plethora of challenges relating to Islamophobia and other structural inequalities within education; believes that this includes identity-based bullying, the misrepresentation of Islam/Muslims in classrooms and national curricula, and insufficient access to faith-based and culturally competent support services; understands that such challenges can impact the long-term development of Muslim students; recognises what it sees as the importance of developing policies directed at fostering healthy school environments that enable all students to participate in school life on an equal footing; notes what it considers the importance of working with community stakeholders to facilitate such policies, including increasing diversity at all levels of teaching, and enhancing positive relationships and engagement opportunities between schools and parents, and recognises what it sees as the importance in providing greater representation and emphasis in the National Curriculum of Excellence upon shared histories and the contributions of minority communities to Scotland and the UK.