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Old 25-09-2017, 00:30   #5
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Re: Tory free schools policy results in girls as young as four forced to wear hijabs

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Originally Posted by pip08456 View Post
This has nothing whatsoever to do with education per se but more to do with religion and certainly has nothing to do with Tory party policy.

Religious schools have existed in this country for centuries. The problem here is the religion and the interpretation of both those running the school and the parents of the children.

Good luck in changing their views.
Tory party policy is to encourage and state-fund religious schools in preference to council-run schools. Preferably with light-touch, red-tape-free regulation, And this, as the article explains, is one of the consequences.
You don't need to change extremists' views. Just don't hand over tax-payers' money to them.
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