by Sean Reilly | Jan 16, 2008
The second meeting of an Evangelical Christian-Muslim Dialogue took place in Tripoli last week, and was heralded by participants as an important step forward in understanding between two faith traditions that have often been at loggerheads. The aim of the gathering in...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 1, 2007
Several thousand Muslims marched in Sudan’s capital Khartoum yesterday, calling for a tougher sentence for a British teacher imprisoned for insulting religion by allowing a six-year old to name his teddy bear Muhammad. Ms Gillian Gibbons, aged 54, from...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
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. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 13, 2007
The Metropolitan Police have signed a deal with a US company to provide them with a introductory course about Islam. Jones Knowledge Group announced yesterday that it was to bring its new course ‘Understanding Islam: An Introduction’ to police officers in...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 2, 2007
A US imam, a Christian minister, and a striking janitor from Indiana are coming to London to speak at a trade union gathering, to stress the importance of workers’ rights in Islamic social thought, and to take on a company they say is violating them. The...
