MUSLIM BOY IN UK EXCELS

An 18-year old Muslim boy on north-east England has passed no less than eight A-levels, including six A grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, History, Critical Thinking, and Urdu and two B’s in Arabic and Religious Studies. Ibrahim Khan, who has also memorised the Qur’an, said he was inspired by his grandfather, a historian who recently passed away, and encouraged by his parents to study from an early age due to the importance Islam puts on gaining knowledge. “Caring for my bedridden grandfather, and seeing the patience with which he put up with the intense pain, showed me that there were much harder things in life than exams,” said Khan who attended the Macmillan Academy in Middlesbrough. He is now taking a gap year after securing an offer to study Philosophy Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, Oxford University. Ibrahim said that he was “very pleased” with his results although “slightly disappointed with the B in Arabic” being one of three subjects, along with Urdu and Religious Studious, which were self-taught. “I merely did my best, then I left the rest up to God to decide.”