http://www.opendemocracy.net/an_open_letter_to_the_secretary_of_state_for_education_1 Comments for "An Open Letter to the Secretary of State for Education, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/an_open_letter_to_the_secretary_of_state_for_education_1 The British Government is planning to make it easier to schools to “opt in” to the state sector. This would allow more minority faith schools to recieve state funding. The Association of Muslim schools received £100,000 from the British government to make the transition smoother for more of the 120 independent Muslim schools. Muslim children in state schools feel isolated and confused about who they are. This can cause dissatisfaction and lead them into criminality, and the lack of a true understanding of Islam can ultimately make them more susceptible to the teachings of fundamentalists like Christians during the middle ages and Jews in recent times in Palestine. Fundamentalism is nothing to do with Islam and Muslim; you are either a Muslim or a non-Muslim. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/an_open_letter_to_the_secretary_of_state_for_education_1" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/an_open_letter_to_the_secretary_of_state_for_education_1">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/an_open_letter_to_the_secretary_of_state_for_education_1#comment conflicts Democracy &amp; Terror Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:59:04 +0100 info_28 20070 at http://www.opendemocracy.net