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  • 2 Jan 2008
    Pakistan elections rescheduled amid fears of minorities

    Pakistan's elections, originally scheduled for 8 January, will now take place on 18 February, the authorities have announced amid widespread scepticism. Campaigners for Christian and other minorities fear for the future.

  • 5 Dec 2007
    Christians and Humanists welcome High Court’s decision on blasphemy

    The decision by the High Court not to allow a prosecution against BBC Director-General Mark Thompson for blasphemy to go ahead has been welcomed by Christians and Humanists. Stephen Green of the group Christian Voice, had attempted to prosecute Mark Thompson

  • 30 Nov 2007
    British Muslims join protests at Sudan 'teddy' conviction

    As schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons' lawyers prepare an appeal against a 15-day jail sentence imposed in Sudan over the naming of a teddy bear, Muslims in Britain have joined in condemning the decision and calling for clemency.

  • 20 Nov 2007
    'Blasphemy law must go' says Christian thinktank

    The Christian think tank Ekklesia has renewed its call for the repeal of the UK's archaic blasphemy law, in the wake of an attempt by an individual to seek judicial review in the High Court to bring private prosecution against the BBC for broadcasting 'Jerry Springer - The Opera'.

  • 20 Nov 2007
    Judgement day, but not on Jerry

    Today Stephen Green of Christian Voice, which looks very much like one man and a bandwagon, is appealing against the rejection of his attempted private prosecution of the BBC for blasphemy.

  • 2 Sep 2007
    Defending Jesus in ways that undermine the Gospel

    Jesus forgave those who spoke against him, says Johan Maurer. But the churches find it difficult to follow in his footsteps, and instead seek restitution when they are offended. We need a more Christian way of responding.

  • 18 Jun 2007
    Indonesian Christian women released from jail sentence

    Three Indonesian Christian women, who had been serving prison sentences for running a Sunday School attended voluntarily by Muslims, have been freed from jail after two years of a three-year sentence.

  • 12 Jun 2007
    Pakistan death sentence illustrates iniquity of blasphemy laws, say churches

    Both churches and human rights groups are calling for the scrapping of Pakistan's blasphemy laws following the handing down of a death sentence and other sanctions against Christians in the Muslim-majority country.

  • 30 Mar 2007
    Protests at milk chocolate Jesus

    Christians in the US have been angered by the decision of a New York gallery to exhibit a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ.

  • 9 Jan 2007
    The End of Christendom as a Political Threat

    Anxious claims about anti-Christian discrimination come under scrutiny