'Cultural transformation' as Muslim girls out-perform boys academically, research says
Muslim girls are performing better academically than Muslim boys, in a “cultural transformation” of previous trends, research says.

In a "new and remarkable" shift, more young Muslim women than men have degrees, research presented at the British Sociological Association’s annual conference in Birmingham this week will reveal.

Dr Nabil Khattab and Professor Tariq Modood found 25 per cent of Muslim women aged 21-24 had degrees, compared with 22 per cent of Muslim men of the same age.  Read more>