Reply #19: Actually it is not like it appears. Blair gave private faith schools enormous

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leeway to set up their own curriculum which Dawkins recently investigated for Channel 4 documentary. In one Muslim school he investigated none of the pupils believed in evolution. He said: "Their first recourse was not 'What's the evidence?' but 'What does the Koran say?'"

From Ch 4 Website

The number of faith schools in Britain is rising. Around 7,000 publicly-funded schools - one in three - now has a religious affiliation. As the coalition government paves the way for more faith-based education by promoting 'free schools', the renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins says enough is enough.

In this passionately argued film, Dawkins calls on us to reconsider the consequences of faith education, which, he argues, bamboozles parents and indoctrinates and divides children.


British Humanist Website wrote:

In the United Kingdom, faith schools are supported by the government and paid for largely with tax money. Faith schools provide a religious as well as a secular education. Most of the faith schools are Church of England based, but there are also Roman Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Greek Orthodox, Hindu, and Seventh Day Adventist schools. Some faith schools require proof that a child belongs to a particular faith and evidence of regular religious service attendance.

Read more at Suite101: Religious Labeling of Children, UK Faith Schools: British Humanist Association Attacks State-Funded Religion Education http://religion-in-schools.suite101.com/article.cfm/religious_labeling_of_children_uk_faith_schools#ixzz0wQKIvMi7