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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
I dunno- isn't this a case of a sect of Islam painting a bad picture for all private religious schools? I would be surprised if private schools in Canada were actually teaching kids the sort of nonsense we see in the video. Off the wall religious notions yes, but not the things you would see in Europe. Not to mention many of the most respected prep schools in North America are faith based (albeit only in tradition).
We also need to remember that the UK, and Europe, is dealing with integration issues that we couldn't imagine over here.
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Certainly its a case of these schools giving them all a bad image, but for me separating children based on parents beliefs deprives them of a healthy upbringing which good public schools can, mind you we have private schools for people who have money so its a bigger debate than just religious schooling.
I think the problem for Islam is many fold, just look at the veil for the girls, this feels to the western world like oppression of women/girls. Separating girls from boys in schools, again a lot of western culture looks down upon this (mind you some people think this is a good idea in any school,) the insistance of pushing sharia law into the western nations which find it often very barbaric and against our ideals.
How Islam moving into Europe plays out is going to be a major issue in the next 50 years, I think its high time we are more assertive on being open to immigration but making sure that our values and liberties are asserted over any religious belief.