Religious Education lessons must cover terrorism!

"Schoolchildren must be taught more about the complexities of religion and its role in a modern world under the threat of terrorism, the school standards watchdog has urged.

Pupils should be taught religion is not always a force for good and helped to have a more sophisticated understanding of the subject, according to a report by Ofsted.

The report says: "The curriculum and teaching in RE do not place sufficient emphasis on exploring the changing political and social significance of religion in the modern world. As a result, the subject's potential to contribute to community cohesion, education for diversity and citizenship, is not being fully realised."

Terrorism in the name of religion? Diversity and community cohesion, citizenship? Changing political and social significance of religion?

Finally it seems that the educational establishment is prepared to throw caution to the wind and allow our children to be taught about the real evils in the world. At last they are prepared to allow children to see where the real threat comes from.

After all, neither the Church of England or the Catholic Church issues death threats when people upset them, they don't start riots around the world when someone "offends" them, they don't threaten and kill people who decide to no longer be part of their religion, they don't seek to undermine democratic rule in favour of religious dictatorship ...... the revised curriculum will be pointing this out, won't it!