Sentences with phrase «other religious leaders claim»

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church and other religious leaders claim the compulsory lesson is an attempt to convert secondary pupils to Islam.

Not exact matches

=========================================================== OK, so I got curious and decided to compile a list of wars, genocides, and other violence that is predominantly motivated by religion, or at least spearheaded by a leader that claims to be religious.

In a world where the religious spend a signficant amount of time pointing out the sins of others while claiming that they are in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number of them commit one of the most heinous of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up...

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

Meanwhile, the proposed curriculum appeared to be causing further upset with a report in the Mail on Sunday claiming that the Catholic church has instructed its schools to teach Judaism alongside Christianity in GCSE religious studies, rather than Islam or other faiths — a move described as «very disappointing» by some Muslim leaders.