Dear Editor,
Once again, faith, education, indoctrination, extremism and radicalization are in the news.
Mr Cameron has warned that ‘teaching intolerance’ has to be stopped and the DfE has said it makes ‘no apology’ for wanting to ensure children are properly protected. New proposals would give inspectors powers to ensure children were ‘properly safeguarded’ in madrassas as well as in schools. The Northern Council of Mosques has said that such ‘control and monitoring’ over lessons would ‘effectively lead to a form of state sanctioned religious expression’ and ‘unduly encroaches on the legitimate right of faith providers to teach their children faith’.
