Faith schools urged to end selection on basis of religion (Guardian Unlimited)
Faith schools should stop selecting pupils according to their religion and do more to serve the most disadvantaged children, the Runnymede Trust said today. The charity, set up to promote good race relations, argues that faith schools could do much more to promote social cohesion. Its report into the way faith schools operate in England, based on interviews over the past two years with ...
Faith schools 'should face admissions curb' (Daily Telegraph)
Faith schools should be banned from selecting pupils by religion because they are too "insular" according to a report.
Religion News in Brief (The Morning News)
'No Religion' Billboard Taken Down After Complaints
In grief, Mumbai seeks solace in religion (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Neetu Natu's husband, Siddharath, was at work in Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel last week when armed militants stormed the building. That he survived when hundreds didn't was down to fate, she said.
Turkey to allow Alevi faith taught in state schools (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Turkey could allow state schools to teach the Alevi Muslim faith, a senior ruling AK party member said, part of measures to ease EU criticism of restrictions on minority rights.
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