teach Islam - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:07:51 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg teach Islam - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic schools in Indonesia forced to teach Islam https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/01/catholic-schools-in-indonesia-forced-to-teach-islam/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:30:52 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38444 To avoid the threat of closure, six Catholic schools in Indonesia have agreed to teach Islam to their Muslim students. A local ordinance in Blitar city, East Java, requires all Muslim students, wherever they might be educated, to be able to read and write verses from the Koran. A representative of the Islamic Anti-Discrimination Network Read more

Catholic schools in Indonesia forced to teach Islam... Read more]]> To avoid the threat of closure, six Catholic schools in Indonesia have agreed to teach Islam to their Muslim students.

A local ordinance in Blitar city, East Java, requires all Muslim students, wherever they might be educated, to be able to read and write verses from the Koran.

A representative of the Islamic Anti-Discrimination Network asked: "Will Islamic schools, which are more exclusive than Catholic schools when it comes to accepting students of different faiths, also be required to provide Buddhist, Christian or Hindu lessons for their non-Muslim students?"

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