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Multicultural Secularism, Equality and Faith Schools: Muslim and Non-Religious Perspectives

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Secular Studies, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 94 - 103

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DOI (Published version): 10.1163/25892525-bja10096

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In The New Governance of Religious Diversity, Tariq Modood and Thomas Sealy endorse the expansion of state funded faith schools as a way to better recognise, accommodate and include religious minorities. Drawing on the case of Britain, this commentary argues that faith schools’ far-reaching exemptio...

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ISSN: 2589-2525
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2026
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