Religious Education and the Teaching of Islam
Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi – UKWORLD RELIGIONS 12th March 2024 Add Comment © Shutterstock Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi, UK The teaching of Religious Education (RE) has been compulsory in UK schools since […]
Germany: Ending religion lessons in schools leads to overall decline in belief but not morals
Source: The Guardian By Torsten Bell Data taken from across Germany reveals that as mandated Religious Educcation was abolished, atheism increased as a collective choice Sun 16 Jan 2022 Losing […]
As divisions grow, now is the time to hold a public inquiry into religious literacy in the media
Reasoned, open discussion around religion isn’t just helpful, it is necessary to cultivate the understanding needed to bridge cultural gaps and appreciate different belief systems, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss and Yasmin Qureshi […]
Parents in Essex withdraw children from RE lessons over objections to Islam
‘These children are arguably those that most need to be taught about Islam’ Eleanor Busby Education Correspondent Tuesday 8 January 2019 Parents in Essex are withdrawing their children from religious […]
UK: Religious Education? To be, or not to be
Religious Education? To be, or not to be Although the modern world has chosen to neglect religion and take it out of the wider, social collective-psychology of the human race, […]
Do imams need Swiss training?
MUSLIMS IN SWITZERLAND By Peter Siegenthaler FEB 8, 2017 How does an imam understand young Muslims’ lives in Switzerland if he only spends a few years in the country and doesn’t speak one of the national languages? (Keystone) Many imams at Swiss mosques spend only a few years in Switzerland, […]
Why Kids Must Learn About Religion Much Earlier
Source: Time By Linda K. Wertheimer A journalist and the author of Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion In An Age of Intolerance. The cost of not teaching children about different […]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Banned Islamic kindergarten deemed too religious
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Banned Islamic kindergarten deemed too religious JUL 21, 2015 – swissinfo.ch A court has upheld a decision by the Canton Zurich authorities to deny an application to set up an Islamic kindergarten. The ruling agreed that there was a risk the kindergarten could lean too heavily towards religious […]
Meetings of Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat with European Leaders
On 3rd and 4th December 2012, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad held a series of meetings at the European Parliament […]
Bishop’s sex education remarks criticised
The bishop of the diocese of Basel, Felix Gmür, has spoken out against a controversial statement about sex education by the bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder. Gmür told the SonntagsZeitung newspaper that “teaching about human sexuality is the job of the school. It shouldn’t be relinquished”. Gmür, a member of […]