Now this is a really stupid idea.unless the Islam is taught by non-Muslims.
Bruce http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Religion <http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Religion&loid=8.0.3607031 43&par> &loid=8.0.360703143&par= ITALY: CONSERVATIVE LEADER RECOMMENDS TEACHING ISLAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS <javascript:aumenta();> <javascript:diminuisci();> Rome, 17 Nov. (AKI) - Islam should be taught in public schools, a leading conservative politician in Italy says. Gianfranco Fini, head of the right-wing National Alliance Party who served as foreign minister under the previous government of Silvio Berlusconi, told Italy's largest circulation magazine Panorama on Friday that a child wishing to study the Koran in school "has the right to do that as an optional course." "We need immigrants and they represent an opportunity, not a risk. Integration means first of all guaranteeing that immigrants have rights, the right to believe in their God and practice their religion," he added. "At the same time we must demand that they accept our culture and abide by precise duties concerning the separation of the religious sphere from the public one," Fini also stressed. Approximately one million Muslims live today in Italy, according to the latest report by Italian charity Caritas. Some 500,000 students in Italian schools are foreign and one third of them is Muslim. Today, only Catholicism is taught in Italian public schools. Students however can choose not to attend Catholic religion courses, which start in kindergarten and carry on through until high school. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
