Posted on Mar 15, 2018
Sweden Aims to Outlaw Religious Education, Which Is — Already Illegal | National Review
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A very interesting article on religion, secular socialism, and freedom. Is this the direction the US is heading?
Sweden Aims to Outlaw Religious Education, Which Is — Already Illegal | National Review
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Swedish ministers call to end faith-based schools - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(JTA) — Citing Muslim extremism, two Cabinet ministers in Sweden called for closing all faith-based schools in the country. At a news conference Tuesday, Secondary Education Minister Anna Ekström and Public Administration Minister Ardalan Shekarabi said they supported banning religious schools. “The important thing for us is that in school there are no confessional elements,”...
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That article provides some important context the national Review seems to have omitted.
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SSG (Join to see) - Of course. Which is why I posted the article. I mean the national review is a far right conservative magazine.
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It is illegal in most publicly funded schools, however there does seem to be religious schools ( 71 Swedish schools — 59 Christian, eleven Muslim, and one Jewish ) which are publicly funded and which do provide religious education.
The current arrangement seems reasonable and I'm surprised that some in the government want to change it. That said, Sweden is one of the most secular and irreligious nations in the world and also one of the most moral. https://themysteriousworld.com/10-least-corrupt-countries-in-the-world/
The current arrangement seems reasonable and I'm surprised that some in the government want to change it. That said, Sweden is one of the most secular and irreligious nations in the world and also one of the most moral. https://themysteriousworld.com/10-least-corrupt-countries-in-the-world/
Top 10 Least Corrupt Countries In The World 2018 - The Mysterious World
List of least corrupt countries for the year 2018. Based on Independent judiciary, culture of trust, strong anti-corruption programs, freedom of press
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They rank #9 on happiness and #2 on education. They must be doing something right.
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SPC Jovani Daviu
Our great nation is ranked #18 on happiness and #17 on education. Look it up. Intriguing to say the least.
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SPC Jovani Daviu
I read the article in it's entirety and it sounds like politics will once again destroy another country.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Hard to compare a small, homogenous nation to a diverse large republic like ours. Yet I'm willing to bet their happiness index declines after the impact of the latest round of immigration is truly felt.
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