HRH Prince Charles’ special video message
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Prince Charles warns against religious persecution
Prince Charles has spoken out about the danger of religious persecution, warning against a repeat of “the horrors of the past”. Delivering BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, the Prince of Wales said the rise of populist groups “aggressive” to minority faiths had “deeply disturbing echoes of the dark […]
Prince Charles condemns religious persecution in special video message
HRH The Prince of Wales has released a message today describing the “evil” of religious persecution today. The Prince’s message – broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’- […]
Halal-lujah! Just because I’m Muslim doesn’t mean I don’t celebrate Christmas
Not feeling obliged to stick to the letter of tradition when cooking our Christmas dinner, we’re free to concede that Turkey isn’t all that great anyway and go for chicken or roast lamb instead Avaes Mohammad Tuesday 20 December 2016 There aren’t many Muslims who don’t appreciate the warmth and […]
Muslims and Christians team up to help homeless
Source: Aljazeera Faith groups are working together to care for street sleepers and other vulnerable people in the run-up to Christmas. Shafik Mandhai Muslim and Christian groups in Britain are […]
We have to accept that Assad will win in Syria – and the West should be ashamed of how we drew the conflict out
Source: The Independent By Mary Dejevsky There will be claims, in the aftermath, that the anti-Assad opposition was betrayed by its Western backers, and accusations of ‘appeasement’ – but the […]
Church of England appoints first black bishop in 20 years
Source: The Guardian Woyin Karowei Dorgu trained as a medical doctor in Lagos before being ordained. Photograph: Diocese of Southwark By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The Church of England has appointed […]
What 5 Political Promises Say About the State of the World
Source: Time BY Ian Bremmer presidential candidates, Donald Trump made a lot of campaign promises. Though enough voters appear to have liked what they heard to make Trump President, some of those pledges, like deporting millions of illegal immigrants and banning Muslims from entering the country, are unlikely ever to be […]
Airstrikes in Syria were never the answer
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters It was inevitable that the “interventionists” would use the tragic slaughter in Aleppo to retrospectively justify David Cameron’s attempt to win a parliamentary vote to bomb Syria in 2013. The article by Kate Maltby (If you say ‘something must be done’ about […]
Homeless shelter opens with multifaith support in Leicester
Source: The Guardian Volunteers for One Roof set up beds at the homeless shelter in Leicester. Photograph: handout BY Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent A night shelter for rough sleepers in Leicester will […]
Government’s responsibility over sharia law
Source: The Guardian Sharia courts are a symptom rather than the cause of the problems many Muslim women face (Sharia courts have no place in UK family law, theguardian.com, 14 […]
Thousands To Pray In London For Persecuted Ahmadi Muslims
Harry Farley JOURNALIST 15 December 2016 Thousands of people will gather to pray in south London on Friday after a series of attacks against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The Baitul Futuh Mosque has issued an open invitation to join Friday prayers this week in “solidarity with victims of persecution” in […]
As Aleppo burns, we need to face the dark truth about where our foreign aid actually goes
Foreign aid is a bargaining chip with developing countries, securing contracts for British oil, finance, infrastructure and military contractors, often structured via British tax havens, from the City of London Joel Benjamin For Syrian civilians in Aleppo, caught in a brutal civil war since 2011 with relentless shelling, barrel bombs […]
World Crisis and The Pathway to Peace
A Compilation of Speeches and Letters of Mirza Masroor Ahmad Imam and the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at, Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiahas, may Allah the Almighty be his help Islam International Publications LTD. First Published in the UK: 2012 [ISBN: 978-1-84880-079-3] Second Ed. (Paperback) Published in […]
Woman has baby using ovary frozen in childhood
Source: BBC By Fergus WalshMedical correspondent Image copyrightFERGUS WALSHImage captionMoaza gave birth to a healthy boy after her fertility was restored using frozen tissue A woman has given birth in London […]
Meet the vicar who’s swapping the sacristy for the surgery
Source: The Guardian By Rachel Pugh For rector Sarah Lunn, it’s only a stone’s throw from the small sandstone church of St James to the purpose-built surgery in the tiny Cumbrian […]
Terrorism studies :
Time to think about terrorism – join February intake MM Murray McArthur IBC ACADEMY Reply| Wed 12/14/2016 9:15 AM To: s We live in challenging times with many threats to our way of life. If you’re interested in understanding the background to terrorism or involved in […]
There is more than one truth to tell in the awful story of Aleppo
Our political masters are in league with the Syrian rebels, and for the same reason as the rebels kidnap their victims – money Robert Fisk @indyvoices Western politicians, “experts” and journalists are going to have to reboot their stories over the next few days now that Bashar al-Assad’s army has […]
Man stabs passenger in London then shouts ‘I want to kill a Muslim’
Source: ET “A man has been arrested after a man was seriously assaulted at Forest Hill station this afternoon,” British Transport Police said in a statement on their website. “We are investigating the circumstances of the Forest Hill incident, but at this time we are not treating it as terrorism-related.” […]
UK adopts antisemitism definition to combat hate crime against Jews
Source: The Guardian John Mann calls Ken Livingstone a ‘Nazi apologist’ in front of TV cameras in April. Photograph: ITN BY Peter WalkerPolitical correspondent The government is to formally adopt a […]