Manifestos, vigilance and liberty

by | Mar 26, 2016

How did you vote in the general election? For what you believed in? Out of custom and loyalty? Holding your nose? For the ‘least worst’? How did you vote in the general election? For what you believed in? Out of custom and loyalty? Holding your nose? For...

Ten years after Iraq: Norman Kember reflects

by | Mar 25, 2016

Ten years ago, Norman Kember,  the peace activist taken hostage in Iraq, returned home after being freed by SAS troops. Ten years ago, Norman Kember,  the peace activist taken hostage in Iraq, returned home after being freed by SAS troops.  We are very...

Brussels attacks: coming together in response to the carnage

by | Mar 23, 2016

Ekklesia associate and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) expert, Dr Harry Hagopian, has made a brief response to the outrages in Brussels via AudioBoom. Ekklesia associate and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) expert, Dr Harry Hagopian, has made a brief response...

Is there an Easter in the Middle East and North Africa region?

by | Mar 23, 2016

At the end of Lent, Christians have listened to the narrative of Christ’s suffering and death from St Luke’s Gospel read in churches on Palm Sunday, and the focus is squarely on Jerusalem for Holy At the end of Lent, Christians have listened to the...