Syria challenges segregation in Irish schools

SYRIA’S most senior Muslim cleric has told Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin Syria will not help cultural integration in Ireland with a school system segregated on the basis of religion.

The country’s Grand Mufti, Dr Ahmad Badr Al Din Hassoun, said a fully secular education lets children understand each other’s individual identity.

“[If a child carries his own problems and is segregated] he might feel he is oppressed. Here comes the roll of government and religious leaders to let the children preserve their own identity.