Religious discrimination legislation back before Australian parliament
Sydney, Australia Legislation protecting Australians’ right to practice their religion comes before federal parliament as the Autumn session begins in the capital Canberra today. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told media earlier today that the Religious Discrimination Bill will provide security to people of all faiths to worship freely. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pictured here […]
Sydney Christian private school head says student ranking system distorts the value of senior secondary education
Sydney, Australia The headmaster of one of Australia’s oldest Christian private schools has criticised the admissions system used by universities to accept graduating high school students. Rev Tim Bowden, head of Sydney’s Trinity Grammar School – which first opened in 1913 and is one of Sydney’s most prestigious private boys’ schools, said the way the Australian Tertiary […]
In Australian state of Victoria, poll shows most against equal opportunity legislation in Christian schools
Updated: 5.20pm (AEDT)Sydney, Australia Polling shows most Victorians do not support proposed State Government legislation that will make it harder for Christian schools to employ teachers and other staff based on their faith according to the school’s values. Private polling by Christian Schools Australia and the Australian Association of Christian Schools last month found 78 per […]
In Australian state of Victoria, Christian schools to meet with government on proposed LGBTIQ+ protection legislation
Updated: 6pm (AEDT)Sydney, Australia Christian schools will meet with Victorian Government representatives in two weeks to state their case on proposed legislation to protect LGBTIQ+ people from discrimination in employment. The State Government says its planned reforms will “strike a balance” between freedom of religion and equality for the LGBTIQ+ community, to prevent schools from […]
Christian private school students more likely to have stable marriages, US study finds
Religion Unplugged A new study finds kids who attend Christian private schools in the US are more likely to marry and stay married and less likely to have a child out of wedlock than students who attend public schools. The study by the Institute of Family Studies and the American Enterprise Institute was released on […]
Essay: Schools looking for space could turn to churches to host classes – doing so has a rich history
As the idea of using churches to host school students is floated in the US, ANDREW BARNES, professor of history and religious studies at Arizona State University, looks at – in an article first published on The Conversation – the rich history of using religious spaces for education…
Faith and education: US Supreme Court ruling on the ministerial exception worries Catholic school teachers
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on responses to the recent US Supreme Court decision on so-called ministerial exceptions…
Six girls, two staff members kidnapped from Christian-run highschool in Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News A day before the Kaduna governor said kidnappers terrorising the state are working with Boko Haram, six teenage girls and two staff members were kidnapped from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, sources said. Suspected to be herdsmen who have carried out numerous kidnappings and attacks in southern Kaduna state, armed […]
Kenyan Supreme Court overturns ruling allowing hijab in Christian schools
Nairobi, KenyaRNS An emotional debate over whether Muslim students may wear hijab in Christian schools took a new turn last week when the Kenyan Supreme Court reversed a lower-court ruling that had allowed female students to wear Muslim headscarves to school. The ruling comes amid a heightened push by Muslim leaders and civic groups for […]
Sudan demolishes another church, but MPs block school on Sundays
World Watch Monitor The Sudanese government demolished another church on last Wednesday, the day after members of the Khartoum State Parliament rejected an order by the Minister of Education for all Christian schools in the capital to open on a Sunday. The Baptist Church in Omdurman, across the Nile, just west from the capital Khartoum, […]