85 Sharia courts in the UK

[original PM]

It is fine to bring your children up so they understand people are different in fact it is important they understand that.

The line is crossed however if different implies better or worse.

The Catholic school I went to highlighted different but never better or worse as that is a matter of opinion and not fact and it is up to children to be given the facts and let them form their opinion and not have opinions thrust upon them by biggotted muppets.

[Coalman]

When I say promote, I don't mean directly promote. The promotion is by default purely by the fact that kids of one religion will not mix daily at school with kids of another religion. If all children only ever went to schools of their own religion we would be building barriers between children based on religion, which commonsense says would be damaging to integration and thus also damaging to society.

This happens without religion. The ability for people to select the schools they go to force an economic segrgation (i.e. sink schools, etc). This is just as damaging as religous schools in my view.

Following your argument all schools should be state schools, all taught to the same standards. No private schools, no grammer schools, etc.

Is this what you really want?

People are allowed freedom of choice, that is the great thing about our society and culture. Religous schools and sharia courts, etc. are not the problem. It is the impotence of the police and judicial service to do anything about things when these institutions break UK law (if they do - I've not seen any proof).

I think the anger and vitriol here is incrediably misguided.

I apologise for poor spelling and grammer, I was enducated under the tories when the edukation system rocked!!

[Cyberman]

This happens without religion. The ability for people to select the schools they go to force an economic segrgation (i.e. sink schools, etc). This is just as damaging as religous schools in my view.

Following your argument all schools should be state schools, all taught to the same standards. No private schools, no grammer schools, etc.

Is this what you really want?

People are allowed freedom of choice, that is the great thing about our society and culture. Religous schools and sharia courts, etc. are not the problem. It is the impotence of the police and judicial service to do anything about things when these institutions break UK law (if they do - I've not seen any proof).

I think the anger and vitriol here is incrediably misguided.

I apologise for poor spelling and grammer, I was enducated under the tories when the edukation system rocked!!

Abolition of some grammar schools has actually caused greater integration although lowered the standard of education generally. But seriously, you cannot compare religious segregation with educational segregation.

Segregating the intelligent from those that need special attention in order to keep up can only be a good thing, so that kids that have the ability to learn more quickly can, and thus benefit UK PLC in the long-run.

I actually practise segregation on this BB by putting morons such as Snore and Crassguru on my ignore list. So there are times when it can be beneficial.

[NotAllThere]

Well, I'm not surprised you don't understand the logic, but the fact is that religious schools are a barrier to integration.

Don't they teach calculus then?

...I apologise for poor spelling and grammer, I was enducated under the tories when the edukation system rocked!!

I was also educated under the tories, and my grammar and spelling are excellent. Private school, naturally.

[lilelvis2000]

... because religious schools obviously promote segregation. DOH!!!

Any proof? Oh wait your statements are all the proof we need because you know everything. Well..at least what you get off the various websites you read and then paste onto here.

This society is segregated already..the rich hang out with the rich, the middle class hang out with the middle class and royalty that have orgies amongst themselves. Very rarely is there any intermixing going on between these groups. Do you also have a solution for that?

[Cyberman]

Any proof? Oh wait your statements are all the proof we need because you know everything. Well..at least what you get off the various websites you read and then paste onto here.

This society is segregated already..the rich hang out with the rich, the middle class hang out with the middle class and royalty that have orgies amongst themselves. Very rarely is there any intermixing going on between these groups. Do you also have a solution for that?

If you need proof for a commonsense observation then you really do have a problem.

[lilelvis2000]

I actually practise segregation on this BB by putting morons such as Snore and Crassguru on my ignore list. So there are times when it can be beneficial.

Isn't that discrimination?

[lilelvis2000]

If you need proof for a commonsense observation then you really do have a problem.

You have commonsense? I've yet to see any...

[ace00]

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However the Catholic religion does not promote intolerance of other religions or of the rights of other people to follow which ever relegion they wish.
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Mmmm - there's a fair few Native South Americans who might disagree with that. Not to mention former Spanish Jews, heretics and other non-believers.
Or did they not tell you about Torquemada?

[NotAllThere]

And other Christians such as the Hugenots.