Religious Discrimination in UK Schools: 51% parents say their children experienced ‘anti-Hindu’ hatred: study

[ad_1]

For the first time, a report studies “anti-Hindu hatred” through the lens of discrimination faced by Hindu students within the school system in Britain. One of the key findings of the national study showed that 51 percent of parents of Hindu students surveyed said their children had experienced anti-Hindu hatred in schools. It also revealed that less than 1 per cent of schools with Indian students queried by Freedom of Information (FOI) have reported any anti-Hindu incident in the past five years.

Apart from highlighting incidents of bullying related to “anti-Hindu slurs”, the report also elaborates on another aspect of such hatred propagated by the teaching of Hinduism in schools. According to some survey participants, as part of the religious education curriculum, schools that teach Hinduism often promote religious discrimination against Hindu students.

Anti-Hindu hatred in schools report shows how anti-Hindu hatred is on the rise in UK schools. It is published by the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), a London-based think tank, and authored by Charlotte Littlewood, Research Fellow at the Center on Social and Political Risk. Seeks to understand what anti-Hindu hatred looks like and to what extent it is manifested in the discrimination against Hindu students in schools in Britain.