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TruthinessHurts•

Well, of course. The governments are declaring many humanitarian groups to be "extremist" without proof.

Sadly we won't see a similar breakdown of "Catholic" schools in the US, which are hotbeds of racism and bigotry, drugs and crime. Many Catholic schools are affiliated with "extremist" Christian groups.

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space1999OP•

Hang on, what's your point here? In your first sentence you say governments are just declaring groups (like these Muslim faith schools) to be extremist without proof, and then you're saying that many Catholic schools are extremist (without any proof I might add).

I would say, that first of all there is plenty of proof that many Muslim faith schools in the UK have links to extremism (in the form of Saudi sponsored Wahabist teaching materials, for instance), and my second point would be that any school, regardless of which religion, should be shut down if they're teaching this kind of poison.

Sometimes I suspect that many redditors feel fine about bashing Christianity but feel they should defend Islam (because they feel they're the underdog or something). I would remind them that all religions are nasty and stupid, and Islam has shown itself to be especially so. This is the atheist subreddit, not the only-criticise-christianity one.

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jay_vee•

Is it just me or is "have extremist links" a nonsense phrase. I mean, does it just mean some dodgy people contribute to the funding? Does it mean they have someone working for them with a brother with dodgy links. Is it just a "have teachers affiliated with a group we don't like" thing?

None of those things would necessarily affect the teaching.

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space1999OP•

Is it just a "have teachers affiliated with a group we don't like" thing?

None of those things would necessarily affect the teaching.

Umm, surely having teachers affiliated with a group we don't like (for instance, Saudi sponsored Wahabists) will obviously affect teaching.

Also, do you know what a madrassa is?

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