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St. Cloud schools close to deal on Muslim harassment case
Key words: USA, St. Cloud schools, Muslim harassment case, U.S. Education Department, alleged religious discrimination, Superintendent, Bruce Watkins, district's lawyer, committee meetings, complaint, Minneapolis, Council on American Islamic Relations, Office of Civil Rights.
Accommodating religion in public schools
Key words: UK, London, religion, public schools, elementary and secondary schools, designated prayer, freedom of religion, individual right, collective responsibility, Ministry of Education, religious accomodation, conference, Laura Elliott, Thames Valley District School Board, TVDSB.
Education Ministry Prepared to Train Religious Teachers
Key words: Malaysia, Port Dickson, Education Ministry, religious teachers, training programmes, Islamic religious schools, Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Islamic community, challanges, Muslims, successful people, role model, world, quality education system, educated force, religious and fardu ain classes, … Continue reading
New Evolution Documentary Aims to Keep Science In, and Religion Out, of Classrooms
Key words: USA, new evolution, documentary, science, religion, classroom, "No Dinosaurs in Heaven", religious education, religious fundamentalists, scientific literacy, Greta Schiller, Jezebel Productions, American schools, creationist beliefs.
Seminary refuses to admit Sephardic girls
Key words: Israel, Sephardic and Ashkenazi students, ultra-Orthodox public, Emmanuel affair, seminaries, daughters and sons, segregation, heredim, religious devoutness, Kol Hai Radio, Beitar Illit, seminary principal, religious home, racial discrimination, traditional problem.
Pakistan’s madrasa reform ‘stalls’
Key words: Pakistan, madrasa reform, religious schools, English language teaching, terror link, Gallup Pakistan, nationwide poll, traditional Islamic curriculum, Islamic extremism, Pakistan's school system, inequality, social conditions, extremism, International Centre for Religion and Diplomacy.
Only religious teachers to be allowed to teach civics
Key words: Israel, religious teachers, civics, Education Ministry, Religious Education Administration, Jewish education, plan, secular instructor, Avraham Lifshiz, Bar-Ilan University, conference, state religious school system, Rabbi Avraham Gisser, Jewish religious law, halakha, worldview of a religious believer.
Bolivia’s president fuels Church-state tension, cardinal says
Key words: Bolivia, Church-state tension, Cardinal, Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Santa Cruz, President Evo Morales, hero, country’s indigenous people, tensions, government, the Catholic Church, calls for change, religious education, public schools, Catholic holy days.
Stop creeping extremism in Israeli religious schools
Key words: Israel, religious schools, moderate religious public, ultra-Orthodox nationalist coercion, lack of modesty, Hebrew edition, Haaretz, Bnei Akiva, youth movement, feminist ideas, status of women, Israel Defense Forces, Orthodox cadets, national religious community.
Should schools have religion course?
Key words: Russia, Russian schools, religious courses, Deputy Prime Minister, Alexander Zhukov, the Basics of Religious Culture and Secular Ethics, secondary education, school curriculum, Patriarch of Moscow, All Russia Alexi II, spiritual traditions, European nations, Constitution, Dmitry Medvedev, secular state.