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 | Dec 1, 2007
Europeans who have no religion are growing in number but are becoming increasingly disadvantaged in the political process. This was the claim by the National Secular Society at a meeting in the European Parliament on “Religion and Politics in the New Europe” sponsored...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 1, 2007
Faith-based campaigners and religious leaders say churches should not relax their efforts to deal with the HIV/AIDS pandemic despite UN figures showing a drop in the number of people worldwide living with the virus. “This is not the time for complacency nor...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
The British government has been accused of damaging social cohesion through its policies and rhetoric on asylum. The criticisms were made by a wide range of witnesses at the final public hearing of the Independent Asylum Commission on 29 November 2007 at Lambeth Town...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has attended a meeting of the Clergy Consultation – a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex clergy and their partners. Dr Williams yesterday (29 November 2007) presided and preached at a...
