article_snippet.sent: Several teenage girls have fled to join ISIS in Syria from schools in Tower Hamlets.
article_snippet.sent: This Easter, tens of thousands of leaflets were distributed by Tower Hamlets council advising parents to 'lock away' parents children's passports if their children fear the youngsters may be planning to travel to Syria over the holiday period.
article_snippet.sent: Tower Hamlets is the only local authority in London where Muslims account for the largest single religious group.
article_snippet.sent: An estimated 35 per cent of the population practise Islam, compared with 4.4 per cent across the country according to the latest census.