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Unregistered illegal religious schools are continuing to operate during lockdown, sparking concerns about the health of pupils and the wider community.
Up to two thirds of London's strictly Orthodox Jews had Covid-19 last year – one of the highest rates in the world and more than nine times higher than the national average.
The man, a member of French Catholic order the Brothers of Christian Instruction, had been living in accommodation adjoining the grounds of St Francis Xavier's College without the knowledge of the head teacher or governors.
"Our sex education was religion in action – we were shown a cartoon of a man and a woman doing the deed but the video made clear the couple were married and only having sex to have a baby."
Two students have been arrested in Turkey on charges of inciting hatred and insulting religious values for a poster depicting the Kaaba in Mecca with LGBT flags.
A pressure group is calling for religion to be banned from public school assemblies, claiming it is a coercive form of oppression that breaches the rights of children.
Some registered charities exist primarily to convert members of one religion to another. Megan Manson says such activity is harmful to community cohesion – and shouldn't be treated as a valid charitable purpose.
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