Religion out of schools!
An incident in Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield in which a copy of the Quran was unintentionally damaged has again brought into focus the undue influence of and deference to religious figures in schools. After losing a dare a 14 year old student brought in a copy of the Quran and read from it outside. When the student was messing about with friends afterwards they dropped it, scuffing a page. Some Muslims consider this to be a desecration of the literal word of God and therefore blasphemous. Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) has not had blasphemy laws since 2008. Despite this, the boy...