NO - BARRY SHEERMAN, Labour MP for Huddersfield and chair of theEducation and Skills Select Committee.
Enthusiasm for faith schools needs to be looked at carefully. Irepresent a constituency where 10 per cent of the population is Muslimand it's happy and integrated. But there are some real problems emergingwith faith education, especially in light of recent tragedies. I believeall children benefit from mixing and I would be very worried if thenation's two million Muslims not only lived in different areas but alsosent their children to separate schools.
YES - SAARAA RAHMAN, a primary school teacher at a state-funded Muslimschool in London.
I agree it would offer children a better alternative to mainstreamschooling.
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