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16 Mar 2010

Tributes for Sunni Muslim cleric who challenged religious violence

Tributes are being paid to the late Sunni Muslim cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi, who advanced inter-faith dialogue and challenged those who kill in the name or religion.
4 Mar 2010

Muslim scholar demolishes religious justifications for terror and violence

"Violence ... has no place in Islamic teaching", says a leading Muslim scholar in an extended religiously-based argument directed at those who justify terror in the name of faith.
25 Nov 2007

Lord Carey backs call for an end to the blasphemy law

Replying to questions on a BBC TV programme today, Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has publicly agreed with the Christian think-tank Ekklesia that it is time for Britain's archaic blasphemy law to be abolished.