by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
British Quakers today lent their support to the concerns of the two human rights campaigners arrested off Diego Garcia after protesting about the island’s use in British and US military operations. The two men were demonstrating against the island’s...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
Yesterday’s budget was a missed opportunity for the government to show that it is serious about addressing the problem of climate change, which threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of the world’s poorest people, an aid agency has said....
by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
Church leaders meeting in Richmond have overwhelmingly voted against a move to discourage churches from applying for or receiving National Lottery Funding. The Synod (or ‘parliament’) of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds rejected a motion that they should encourage...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
The Bishop of Oxford has said he has been sent death threats after backing plans for a Muslim call to prayer in the city. In January the Rt Rev John Pritchard, who also studied at Oxford University, backed the Muslim loudspeaker call, Adhan, which would take place...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 13, 2008
A Democrat has become the second Muslim to be elected to the US Congress. Indiana Democrat Andre Carson will replace his late grandmother in representing that state’s 7th district. Carson, a convert to Islam and only the second Muslim in Congress, won...
