.... Who knows how these investigations will navigate the thicket of acceptable versus unacceptable religious teaching. But this saga makes the BHA's pleas for broad secular education for all children all the more pressing.
Wide horizons that open minds to all ideas and beliefs should be the state's goal, liberating all children from the prejudices of their own backgrounds. To put Muslim children or those from other religious groups into a separate category that overly respects their parents' views is to limit their horizons and deny them true equality.
[A COMMENT] There should be NO religion allowed in our schools. If you want your children to be religious do it in your own time, not shared learning time.
[ANOTHER] I have always thought religious schools are a very bad idea. I was angry that Blair encouraged them. You would think the lessons of Northern Ireland's schools would have been learnt, but no. [Guardian Cif] Read more
