Faith schools will be shut down if they teach intolerance

Written by Linda Digby 09 Oct 2015
Faith schools will be shut down if they teach intolerance

Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference David Cameron announced plans to force all religious schools to register and be inspected. ‘If an institution is teaching children intensively then, whatever its religion, we will, like any other school, make it register so that it can be inspected - and, be in no doubt, if you're teaching intolerance, we will shut you down.’ he said. He promised the country that it was his duty to keep Britain safe and that it was time to ‘really confront extremism’. David Landrum, director of advocacy at the Evangelical Alliance, said, ‘It is right that we actively rebuild Britain as an even greater country and take stringent measures to eradicate extremist ideology. However, it is vital that committed Christians are not labelled as extremists by those who may disagree with aspects of their faith.’

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