Debate and discussion: Shut down the religious schools!
Martin Thomas in Solidarity Vol 3 No 48 wants to err on the side of liberty when it comes to girls wearing the veil in French schools. The issue of the veil in school is not just a French issue; one reason I want to raise it is because of the stark contrast between Britain and France on the issue. In Britain it is accepted that parents own their children, we can hit them and we can exclude them from important parts of education. Cultural relativist ideology dominates education, and there is an expansion of reactionary state funded religious schools. In France the tradition of secular state...