British Methodists gear up for annual conference

This year’s annual Methodist Conference – the governing body of the Church – will take place in Scarborough from 5-10 July. he Methodist Church is one of the largest Christian denominations in Britain, with nearly 300,000 members and regular contact...

World Jewish leaders hail interreligious initiative

Leaders of the World Jewish Congress have endorsed a call by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia for more dialogue between Jews, Christians and Muslims worldwide to reinforce common values among the Abrahamic faiths – writes Maurice Melanes. “It...

Muslim TV Channel launches interfaith game show in UK

An interfaith television game show, believed to be the first in Britain, in which Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Sikh contestants compete against one another for cash prizes is to be broadcast weekly from the London studios of the Islam Channel from mid-June...

Blair Faith Foundation launches in New York

Tony Blair will today launch his long awaited Faith Foundation in New York, saying that he wants religion to be seen as a force for good in the world. The new organisation, for which he is seeking hundreds of millions of pounds of charitable funding, will focus on...