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Kingsbury pupils visit church and temple
Key words: UK, London, children, Kingsbury Primary School, Christian church, Sikh gurdwara, religious education, learning religions, pupils, Bromage Avenue, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, Birmingham, Kingsbury Church, Karen Hanson, multicultural society.
Tajik students returning from abroad face uncertain futures
Key words: Tajikistan, Dushanbe, madrassa, Tajik students, religious institutions, Chashmai Mokhiyen madrassa, unsanctioned study-abroad programmes, Bahri Abdurahmanova, NGO Diyer, Khudzhand resident, Emomali Rakhmon, prevention of extremist brainwashing.
Religion is part of holistic education of children, pope says
Key words: Vatican city, Holy see, religion, holistic education of children, Pope Benedict XVI, religious education, Brazil's new ambassador to the Vatican, Almir Franco de Sa Barbuda, teaching of religion, public schools, religious creed, recognition of religion, necessary value, holistic … Continue reading
25 years later: Local religion case still impacts education
Key words: USA, education about religions, local religion case, federal court, Mozert Vs Hawkins County schools, 25 yers later, national headlines, Federal Judge Hull, Constitutional rights, school systems, media circus, trial, courtroom, Greeneville Federal Courthouse, small community.
Anglicans reject multi-faith education in schools
Key words: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Aglicans, multi-faith education, schools, education about religions, beliefs, sectarianism, historian, Peter Sherlock, synod, Access Ministries, Access chairman, Bishop Stephen Hale, program of multi-faith and general religious education, voluntary special religious instruction program.
South Brunswick schools observe Hindu holiday, district becomes second in N.J. to close for Diwali
Key words: US, New Jersey, India, Hindu holiday, South Brunswick schools, Diwali, festival of lights, two Muslim holy days, communities, learning about religions, values, Gary McCartney, school superintendent, Hindu faith, Indian-American population, University Society of Hinduism, Nevada.
Classroom discourse to foster religious harmony
Schools gear for fight over TN voucher bill
Key words: USA, TN, religious schools, voucher bill, students, learning religions, Republican backers, legislature, Coalition of Large School Systems, low-income families, Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Senate approval, private schools, bailout, Mark North, vice chairman, Metro Board of Public Education.
Madrassa reforms are need of the hour
Key words: Pakistan, Madrassa Reforms, the government, media reports, seminary, curriculum, Madaris, 18th Amendment, religious education, Ittehad-i-Tanzeemat-i-Madaris Pakistan, ITMP, alliance of seminaries, modernised syllabus, religious bodies, wafaqs, Fata regions, Punjab.
Multifaith Theological Education
Key words: USA, California, education about religions and beliefs, multifaith theological education, American religious education, Claremont Lincoln University, interreligious school of theology, pastors, rabbis, Muslim Imams, Muslim-American religious scholar, Najeeba Syeed-Miller.