Diversità religiosa e scuola. Rapporti islamo-cristiani e programmi scolastici: un connubio possibile?

Through the daily relationship with children and young people with a migrant background, teachers and educators have the opportunity to develop specific skills useful in the interpretation of different cultures and religions, in the contrast to folkloristic and stereotyped approaches, as well as in finding points of contact that make possible a peaceful coexistence between the different memberships in inclusive educational environments. In this perspective, in the broader discourse on intercultural dialogue, «religious diversity» must be thought of and experienced as a positive resource in the complex processes of growth of individuals and societies, in which the different religions can represent an important opportunity to (re) discover their own cultural/religious identity. On the contrary, the illiteracy of the sacred puts us in a position to ignore that religions reflect history, social evolution, mutual influences, with the risk of urging forms of closure and «radicalism» on a religious basis.