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  • 27 Nov 2009
    Faith schools and community cohesion

    Many people working in faith schools are working for community cohesion, but policies based on religious selection, discrimination and segregation work against them, says Simon Barrow. A different ethos and approach is needed.

  • 25 Nov 2009
    Powerful lobbies

    I had an inspiring evening yesterday while representing Ekklesia at the launch of Cutting Edge, a coalition of faith groups, human rights campaigns, trades unions and others aimed at promoting equalit

  • 3 Nov 2009
    Discriminatory school admissions policies are cheating, says Accord

    The Accord Coalition says that the problem with schools admissions is not just people cheating, but policies which themselves discriminate, especially on grounds of religion or belief.

  • 30 Oct 2009
    Pressure mounts on faith schools to end discriminatory practices

    A Rabbi and a Christian writer have added their voices to those from both religious and secular quarters calling for a change in admissions policies for faith schools, as the Supreme Court continues to deliberate on the JFS case.

  • 6 Oct 2009
    Gay Muslims need support, says leading commentator

    The Muslim commentator Inayat Bunglawala has called on the Muslim community to be more supportive of its gay and lesbian members. He suggested that "Muslim and some Christian communities" were not showing "respect and tolerance".

  • 1 Oct 2009
    Indian bishops speak out on caste discrimination

    As the UN declares caste-based discrimination a human rights violation, Indian Christian leaders have called on the churches to confess that the caste system has not been fully removed from their own communities.

  • 2 Aug 2009
    Concerns expressed over proselytism and discrimination in public services

    The Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) has said they are to stop work on the proposed ‘Charter for Excellence’ for religious groups running publicly funded services.

  • 30 Jun 2009
    Discrimination and the churches

    According to the Catholic bishops of England and Wales, in evidence to parliament on the Equality Bill 2008-9 "unjust discrimination is fundamentally wrong," notes Simon Sarmiento. But what does the prcatice of the churches tell us about its rhetoric?

  • 17 Jun 2009
    Church resistance to equality 'self-defeating'
  • 17 Jun 2009
    Large churches lobbying hard for their 'right' to discriminate

    C of E and the Catholic representatives have told the House of Commons they will fight to maintain their powers to discriminate in cases of employment and against limits proposed in the Equality Bill.