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For those of us who are non-orthodox, and who believe that the Torah is
not utterly immutably divine, but a work written by human beings, divinely
inspired though they may have been at least some of the time, this is not
such a hard question.
In the UK, religious studies are still- technically at least- taught in
every school, and parents have the right to withdraw their children.
There is also a morning assembly, supposed to be religious in tone (it is by
no means always so) and again parents have the right to withdraw their
children.
Speaking from the UK, I would say that there is still discrimination
against Catholics. It is very well bred, not extreme, but undeniably
there.
This is one of those questions that marks me out as a Liberal Jew. First, I have no idea whether the world will come to an end, but regard it as only possible if human beings behave in such a way as to make it do so.
The mass media has a problem with religion, partly because it is
extremely bad at teasing out the details of difference.
What Islam Really Says About Violence, Rights and Other Religions
Gomaa, Fadlallah, Mubarak, Khan, Siddiqi, Ellison, others | On Faith
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