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  • 31 Jan 2007
    Little Mosque on the Prairie is global TV talking point

    A new Canadian television series, 'Little Mosque on the Prairie', has attracted worldwide media attention since its debut on 9 January 2007 - writes Kristine Greenaway for Ecumenical News International (ENI).

  • 28 Jan 2007
    Bollywood star and Muslim peace-maker win TV show after racism row

    It started as another UK reality TV show scrabbling for ratings and ended up at the epicentre of a global row about race, culture and class. But tonight (28 January 2007) Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood star, brought a hint of redemption to Channel 4 by winning Celebrity Big Brother with 63 per cent of the 4 million plus popular vote.

  • 26 Jan 2007
    Anglicans and Catholics back public service broadcasting ethos

    While the Catholic Cardinal and the Church of England, or at least its two archbishops, are perceived to be at war with the government over one set of public services, in relation to the equalities agenda, yesterday (25 January 2007) they set their face in favour of a public service ethos in relation to broadcasting.

  • 22 Jan 2007
    Tutu says men have messed up the world and women hold the key

    Speaking at the grassroots World Social Forum, gathered in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa has urged women to launch a nonviolent social revolution to rectify all the the world problems created by men.

  • 21 Jan 2007
    The Moral of the Story - ITV, 21 January 2007
  • 18 Jan 2007
    Government backs report on Christian Union conflicts

    A Government minister has given his backing to the recommendations of a report from the thinktank Ekklesia which proposes the resolution of conflicts between a number of Christian Unions and university Students' Unions, through mediation rather than court battles.

  • 17 Jan 2007
    Public figures join reformers and religious groups in demanding media reform

    Jane Fonda, Jesse Jackson, US Congressman Ed Markey, and American Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein have joined with a broad alliance of reformers - including religious organisations - to demand equal access and fair ownership of media provision.

  • 17 Jan 2007
    Church adopts 'three-tier' discrimination for school admissions

    The Church of England has adopted a 'three-tier' discimination policy, aimed at continuing to give preferential treatment in school admissions for those linked to churches.

  • 12 Jan 2007
    SCM joins calls for mediation not legal action in Christian Union student row

    The Student Christian Movement, a long-established organisation on university and college campuses across the UK, has joined calls for a positive, mediatory approach to disagreements between evangelical Christian Unions and Students Unions.

  • 10 Jan 2007
    Evangelicals initiate legal action despite removal of university 'ban'

    More questions are being raised about the agendas of Evangelical lobby and campaign groups in universities after it emerged that Exeter University's Evangelical Christian Union initiated legal action against its own students' union and university - although it was aware that the sanctions they were protesting against were no longer in force.