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“I can’t cope seeing my kids … hearing these kinds of prayers.” Parents’ rationale for choosing state-funded Muslim schools in the Republic of Ireland: an ethnographic study

Pages 549-565 | Received 21 Apr 2016, Accepted 09 Oct 2017, Published online: 05 Dec 2018

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