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I don't think it would. I think most of it is hot air tbh. The usual whinging about how the religious are "oppressed" because they're not given special treatment over everyone else. Remember Turkey was the country that pioneered the headscarf ban, and in that muslim country, it even applies to university students.
I am wary about this issue though. We don't want a situation like in America where loads of students are removed from school and home-schooled, because they dared to teach things like evolution and contaception (they even have a creationist "university" over there that does a degree in "biology" based on the biblical account of creation). We already have some private schools in this vein in this country and they're very scary. The only argument that kinda has been convinced on the faith schools front (although I think having a normal comprehensive school that allows its facilities for religious groups would be better) is that it allows the government to keep its eye on what's taught. I dread to think the day when the Saudis (if they haven't already) use their considerable funds to open a few schools in this country to offer an Islamic education that the state funded system failed to provide, for example. Ban moderate religious instruction in school, and you open a gap in the market for extremists. That's my only worry, although I don't know how well founded it is. After all, I'm still convinced that very few parents in this country really care about religion in schools (as shown by the number of people who mysteriously find god after having a child), and it's the religious leaders themselves that want to stay in control.
I think its mostly anything goes, but kids are advised against wearing expensive stuff for school,
eta - ive just asked my partner who says its generally anything goes, aslong as its decent and not too OTT. If you dressed too messy or slutty, then theyd probably complain
I think that you will find that most people in the UK are against the war in Iraq and always have been.
Afghanistan was a slightly different story and the reasons for invading and occupying the country is not quite the same as what is happening in Iraq.
I don't think what they did Afghanistan was right at all, now because of their war we have their war in our country (I live in Pakistan), now these assholes are coming after our country because we support US and UK war, plus after 9/11, they put the war on Afghanistan without having "any" proof at all this all was done by a "person" sitting in Afghanistan, he was a problem but not that much big. And now after 7-8 years in war where they stand, they have destroy a country and have destroy their own country because UK and US has to put allot of money from peoples money on war which has no result at all and they are loosing that war, if UK Govt put that money in making hospitals, schools etc in their own country instead of putting that much money in war, hope that mass immigration happen during last few years in UK will make no effect on UK hospitals and schools and any other public service, and Gordown Brown may not loose election which happen few weeks back.
Since Pakistan were instrumental in putting the Taliban in power, of course Pakistan will be involved. However, as you say, this is probably best discussed in another thread.
I do have an issue with school assemblies making children pray and sing hymns.
Me neither, as long as you're prepared to extend those rights to anyone who wants to wear jewellery - if that's the example in question - which displays their opinions on any matter i.e. i should be allowed to wear a Flavour Flav clock as an advocate of Rap and Hip-Hop.
Agree.
Thats what bothers me - and my son coming home talking about god and jesus as though its fact, when i specifically chose a non-religious school
Actually if we look them as equal then u are right but we should ask the question can we make religious symbols and any other thing equal, if so then this is valid demand otherwise its not?
What u all think?
Children should be educated about all the religions - it's one of the best antidotes to religious belief. Children shouldn't be indoctrinated into one religion.
I don't understand. Children should be educated about religions as part of a well-rounded education. They shouldn't be taught that any of the religions are true, just simple facts about what religions do and don't believe, and a history of how they've come about. You make a child more susceptible to religious indoctrination if the only religion they ever hear about is the one their parents subscribe to.
From where u will get teachers who will teach it like that, personal biasness will come because that teacher may believe in one of the religion, etc etc.
Its not that much easy as it looks.
In this country i don't think it's particularly difficult to have religious education taught objectively; a Christian taught me RE. I suspect you're right about trying to get objective religion taught in theocracies though - though that's the least of their problems.