I'm sorry....., but..... my karma ran over your dogma. ;)

In this day and age, with multicultural societies everywhere, I think it is a travesty to not teach pupils the fundamentals of each religion. Not preach it. Not sell it. Just teach what the religion advocates and the principles of it.

And no, you don't have to go into the details of it all, and it doesn't have to take days to teach each one. What you can do, is go to a leading scholar of each religion, and tell them to sum up the doctrine in a couple of pages. That way its fair for everyone.

I had compulsory religious studies at school and I can tell you, we loved them!

I may not remember most of it, like I don't remember most in-depth Maths I learned... but I'm far more aware, understanding and tolerant of cultural differences than most of my friends.

If they don't learn it at school, all they have is the extremist and outrageous headlines of tabloid papers.