Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced the national curriculum will be revised to include a module on the history of Islam.

The changes were made after an early draft of the new history curriculum sparked widespread criticism for failing to make any reference to Islam.

An estimated 10% of children in Britain's schools are Muslim.

Muslims were especially outraged with the draft and the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which represents some 500 Islamic institutes in Britain, said it was “deeply disappointed” that the curriculum made no reference to Muslims and Islam.

"British Muslim children will see no place for themselves in their country's history, creating the risk of alienation," the MCB said in a statement. "At the same time non-Muslim children will grow up believing that Muslims have contributed nothing of value to Britain".

This is good news for all of us that wish Islam to be portrayed in the way it should be, the contribution for example that Islam made to the fields of mathematics, astronomy and medicine.

Instead of the mostly negative media attention of Islam (usually you see some goons in a hot country screaming Allahu Akbar just before they maim or kill someone) most of which our impressionable youngsters see, which creates an unhealthy view of Islam.

Educating children on the true nature of Islam might also prevent them falling into the clutches of far right groups such as the English Defence League (EDL) or the British National Party (BNP) that demonise Islam and its followers.

Perhaps you won’t see any more youngsters growing up and then going on TV and talking about the dangers of Muslamic ray guns.

Of course the question remains why on earth it has taken this long for Islam, the United Kingdom’s second largest faith to be included in children’s education?

If one were to be cynical about this, the proposed changes are due to take place in 2014, a year before the next General Election…