29 November 2010

Our money must not go on religious segregation

MY concern is about faith schools, specifically Muslim faith schools in Derbyshire (I also understand being an ex-Muslim atheist makes my situation rare).

I imagine I am not the only one who feels deeply insulted by the proposal to open a taxpayer-funded Islamic school in Derby.

Instead of educating children from different backgrounds together, so they can learn from one another, we are now going to spend our taxpayers' money on separating children along religious lines.

Don't we see enough on the news every night about what happens when you separate communities along religious lines? [Derby Telegraph] Read more