by Archive | Feb 26, 2007
Parliamentary rebellion is not quite what it used to be. Many of us recall the colourful heyday of ‘the beast of Bolsover’, Dennis Skinner MP, the backbencher who usurped the best seats, scowling leftist disapproval of Thatcherite policies and Labour fudges. His...
by Archive | Feb 25, 2007
By Simon Sarmiento An Iraqi gay-rights campaigner, Ali Hilli, received a standing ovation at a conference on faith, homophobia and human rights in London last weekend. Mr Hilli, the founder of Iraqi LGBT, described how multiple fatwas issued by leading Shia clerics,...
by Archive | Feb 25, 2007
By Simon Sarmiento An Iraqi gay-rights campaigner, Ali Hilli, received a standing ovation at a conference on faith, homophobia and human rights in London last weekend. Mr Hilli, the founder of Iraqi LGBT, described how multiple fatwas issued by leading Shia clerics,...
by Archive | Feb 25, 2007
In the aftermath of a tense Anglican Primates (provincial heads) meeting in Tanzania, under-fire Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church in the United States has briefed the community of people who work at the denomination’s Centre in...
by Archive | Feb 25, 2007
In the aftermath of a tense Anglican Primates (provincial heads) meeting in Tanzania, under-fire Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church in the United States has briefed the community of people who work at the denomination’s Centre in...
