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>>>What subject was he teaching? I only ask because of this statement in the original article:
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>>>During a religious education lesson about Jonah and the whale,
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>>When I was a boy teachers were allowed to mention religion and we even had a couple of courses religion related (in a public school). This was before the age of the 'offended'. Dunno what they can do in England.
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>>Judging from the student population, it certainly sounds like an area to NOT teach anything except what the Koran and local Mullahs allow, otherwise the old fatwah is called..Death to everybody.
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>>Apparently those areas are growing rapidly in parts of Europe.
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>>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585102,00.html?test=latestnews
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>Most public high schools, universities and colleges have courses in religion and religious studies today. I was just curious since the topic covered was Jonah and the whale, I wondered if the course was religious studies or something else that he was teaching.

Most? Maybe in NC. Or maybe you mean as electives, not required.