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rug

(82,333 posts) Mon Apr 28, 2014, 09:15 AM Apr 2014

Book for young atheists sent to secondary schools in Newham

Adam Barnett, Reporter
Monday, April 28, 2014
10:05 AM

A book about atheism that offers a non-religious perspective on life has been sent to secondary schools in Newham.

Copies of The Young Atheist’s Handbook were sent out on April 24 as part of a national campaign by the British Humanist Association.

The campaign was launched in response to Education Secretary Michael Gove’s pledge to send a copy of the King James Bible to all schools.

The book was written by science teacher Alom Shaha about his childhood in a Bangladeshi Muslim community in south east London which explores how the early death of his mother led him to question his belief in God.

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/book_for_young_atheists_sent_to_secondary_schools_in_newham_1_3575603

https://humanism.org.uk/

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1. The important part about this is that they did it in response to

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Mon Apr 28, 2014, 10:41 AM

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bibles being distributed in the district.

I'm not familiar with his book, but it sounds like it may set the right tone for open discussions.

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