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Topless Activist 'Arrested In Tunisia' (PICTURES, VIDEO)

2013-05-20T05:23:07Z

There are reports activist Amina Tyler has been arrested after daubing the word ‘Femen’ on a cemetery wall in Tunisia.

Tyler, who was threaten...

Read more: Islam, Inna Shevchenko, Topless Jihad Day, Amina Tyler, Facebook, Feminism, Femen, Video, Arab Spring, UK News, Topless Jihad, Muslims, Virginity Test, Skype, UK Religion, Sharia, UK News

'My Family Thought I'd Been Brain-Washed By A Cult'

2013-05-16T09:38:23Z

Dilemmas over wearing the hijab, pressures to marry, abuse from BNP family members and trans-sexuality are just some of the experiences of female Musl...

Read more: Islamophobia, Islam, UK News, Muslim Women, University of Cambridge, Muslim Converts, UK-Christianity, UK Religion, Conversion, UK News

Sara Khan: Do White Abusers Have Their Race, Religion or Culture Scrutinised By the Media?

2013-05-16T11:00:00Z

We don't ask whether Cameron, Hazell, Hall or Savile, were motivated by white culture or their religion yet every newspaper I've read or news item I've watched, has consistently referred to the Oxford groomers' culture and religion.

Read more: Religion, Hall , Media, Race, Child Sexual Exploitation, Savile, Oxford, Culture, UK News

Ajmal Masroor: Sex Grooming - Who Is Responsible for It?

2013-05-16T11:00:00Z

I believe that British Muslim community in general and Pakistani community elders, leaders, Imams and ordinary members in particular must take an uncompromising stance in condemning such people. It is time we all made a pledge to stand together to rid our society of sexual exploitation of all kinds.

Read more: Muslims, Marriage, Islam, Grooming, Pakistan, Sex, UK Religion, UK Society, UK News

Benedict Rogers: Awards for War? Why Are We Giving Prizes to Burma's Thein Sein and Indonesia's SBY?

2013-05-16T08:21:58Z

Intelligent people can be staggeringly unintelligent at times.

In recent weeks, two respectable international organisations working in the fields of...

Read more: Christians, Peace, Indonesia, Human Rights, Burma, Muslims, International Crisis Group, Religion, World, UK Religion, UK News

Cardinal Keith O'Brien To Leave Scotland For 'Spiritual Renewal'

2013-05-15T08:34:36Z

Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who admitted that his sexual conduct had "fallen beneath the standards" expected of him, "will be leaving Scotland f...

Read more: Cardinal Keith Obrien, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Catholic Church, Catholic Church Abuse, UK-Christianity, UK News, Abuse, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, UK Religion, UK News

Shohana Khan: Separate Toilets for Men and Women - Serious Issue of Discrimination

2013-05-15T06:44:16Z

Don't agree with the title? Well you are not alone, as neither do I. But student equality rights group, Student Rights, believes segregation of men and women is a cause for deep concern in University events. But not in toilets, or in society. In particular in Muslim university events.

Read more: Campus, Gender Segregation, Muslim Women, Student Rights, UK Universities, UK Religion, UK Politics News

Endeavour Press: In Hard Times, We See Ghosts More Often

2013-05-14T12:20:58Z

Last time we had a global depression the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to buck people up by announcing: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself". The trouble is that fear itself can be very frightening.

Read more: Religion, Science, A N Donaldson, Fear, Horror, Ghost Stories, Politics, Ghosts, Stress, Ghost Hunting, Ghost Sightings, Anxiety, UK News

'A Tasty Cocktail Of High Culture And Low Thrills': Reaction To Dan Brown's 'Inferno'

2013-05-14T03:49:52Z

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown delivered his latest opus – "Inferno" – on Tuesday.

Brown, whose novels have sold 200 million copies worldwide,...

Read more: Bestsellers, The Casual Vacancy, Harry Potter, UK News, JK Rowling, Da Vinci Code, Inferno, UK Religion, Dan Brown, UK News

Gabriel Byng: The Sale of Britain's Churches Should Cause an International Outcry

2013-05-13T19:00:00Z

Churches are not only of interest to worshippers, just as Titian is not only of interest to lovers of Greek mythology. They are the physical expression, in stone and mortar, of Britain's communal past, built not only by the wealthy but also by ordinary local people.

Read more: Church of Englans, Anglican Church, Religion, UK Impact, Catholic Church, British Churches, Spirituality, Impact, UK Religion, UK News

Who Said It: Dan Brown Or Richard Dawkins?

2013-05-13T10:04:00Z

Da Vinci code author Dan Brown is set to release his latest blockbuster in the next 24 hours, with eager readers already salivating at the chance to q...

Read more: UK News, Inferno, Dan Brown Inferno, Dawkins, Da Vinci Code, Richard Dawkins, News, UK Religion, Dan Brown, UK News

Turkish Airlines Backs Down On Lipstick Ban Amid Protests Of 'Creeping Islamic Influence'

2013-05-10T05:48:02Z

Turkish Airways has backed down on a proposed ban against flight attendants wearing brightly coloured lipstick or nail polish.

News of the measure...

Read more: Muslims, Islam, Lipstick, Turkish Airlines, Turkey, Makeup, UK Religion, UK News

Nazi-Themed Wagner Opera Cancelled After Holocaust Scenes Leave Audience Seeking Medical Help

2013-05-09T09:56:22Z

A modern version of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser has been cancelled after members of the opening night audience were left so distressed they had to s...

Read more: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Holocaust, Gas Chambers, Nazis, Opera, Richard Wagner, Tannhauser, Nazism, Adolf Hitler, UK Religion, UK News

Vatican Declares Mexico's Death Saint 'Blasphemous'

2013-05-09T08:05:24Z

A Vatican spokesman has declared Mexico’s folk Death Saint (Santa Meurte) is “blasphemous” and should not be part of any religion.

Cardinal ...

Read more: Death Saint, UK News, Catholicism, Satanism, Santa Muerte, Mexico, Blasphemy, Vatican, UK Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, UK News

Madeleine McCann's Mother Returns To Praia Da Luz As She Admits Ohio Kidnappings Have Given Her Hope (PICTURES)

2013-05-09T05:26:13Z

The mother of Madeleine McCann has returned to the Portuguese resort where her daughter went missing six years ago.

Kate McCann was pictured leavi...

Read more: Maddy McCann, UK News, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Maddie McCann, The Vatican, Michelle Knight, Ariel Castro, Gerry McCann, Praia-Del-Luz, Kate McCann, UK Religion, The Pope, Madeleine McCann, UK News

Christian Heavy Metal Singer Arrested In 'Plot To Kill Wife'

2013-05-08T10:41:21Z

Tim Lambesis, the singer of Grammy-nominated Christian heavy metal band As I Lay Dying has been arrested on suspicion of hiring an undercover detectiv...

Read more: Heavy Metal, UK Murder, Christianity, UK News, UK Crime, UK Music, UK Religion, UK News

Andrew Copson: How Many Members Makes a National Church?

2013-05-07T19:00:00Z

The Church of England tried to put a brave face on it but the Anglican church attendance figures for 2011 published this week pose a serious challenge for any church defending its position as the national, established, top religious organisation.

Read more: Anglican Church, Church Attendance, British Humanist Association, Humanism, Separation of Church and State, Decline of Religion, Secularism, UK Religion, UK News

Ian Linden: The Unsung Heroes of AIDS Prevention

2013-05-07T19:00:00Z

There is a growing amount known about the role of religion in the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa. Or, at least, this has been a privileged area in the thin research available on religion and health. But the framing, in the mass media and contemporary debates, of religious interventions in prevention and stigma has meant that very little of it has trickled out of specialist publications.

Read more: HIV/AIDS, Religion, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Sex, Africa, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Health News, UK Religion, UK World, UK News

Clerical Child Abusers 'May Still Be At Large'

2013-05-03T14:02:28Z

The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised for the "pain and hurt" suffered by victims of clerical child abuse.

Justin Welby said the scandal was ...

Read more: Diocese of Chichester Abuse, UK News, Church of England, Sexual Abuse, Justin Welby, Clerical Abuse, UK Religion, UK News

Ethiopian Evangelists 'Pushing For Death Penalty For Homosexuals'

2013-05-03T10:55:30Z

An anti-gay organisation says it is hopeful a death penalty for homosexuals will soon be introduced in Ethiopia.

United For Life Ethiopia, a Weste...

Read more: Lgbt, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Ethiopia, Lesbian, Death Penalty, UK Religion, UK News

Turkish Airlines To Ban Flight Attendants From Wearing Bright Lipstick & Nail Polish

2013-05-03T08:03:02Z

UPDATE: Turkish Airlines Backs Down On Lipstick Ban Amid Protests Of 'Creeping Islamic Influence'

Turkish Airlines is set to ban flight attendants ...

Read more: Muslims, Islam, Poll, Lipstick, Turkish Airlines, Turkey, Makeup, UK Religion, UK News

'Keep Praying. Pray Like Mad': Six Years On, The Search Continues For Madeleine McCann

2013-05-03T03:12:06Z

Friday marks the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing on May 3, 2007, durin...

Read more: Maddy McCann, UK News, The Vatican, Maddie McCann, Gerry McCann, Kate McCann, UK Religion, The Pope, Madeleine McCann, Leveson Inquiry, UK News

Orthodox Jewish Woman Sues Lancome Over 24hr Foundation That 'Fades' During The Sabbath

2013-05-02T05:21:39Z

An Orthodox Jewish woman has filed a lawsuit against Lancome claiming its “24hr foundation” does not last the prescribed time, meaning it doesn’...

Read more: Loreal, Shabbat, UK News, Rorie Weisberg, Jewish, Orthodox Jews, Foundation, Sabbath, Makeup, Bar Mitzvah, Lancome, UK Religion, UK Lifestyle News

Preetam Kaushik: An Open Letter to Sheryl Sandberg

2013-04-30T23:18:49Z

Oh how I wish I were a woman to benefit from your words of wisdom in Lean In. But I am man enough to let you know that I am on your side, not because I sense victory but because the issue that you have raised is close to my heart.

Read more: Women Issues, Gender Equality, Hindu, God, Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, Scripture, UK Religion, UK Entertainment News

'The Search Goes On In A Major Way' Madeleine McCann's Parents Speak Ahead Of Sixth Anniversary

2013-05-01T06:09:28Z

As the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann approaches, her parents insist the search for her is ramping up rather than tapering...

Read more: Maddy McCann, UK News, Maddie McCann, Gerry McCann, Kate McCann, UK Religion, Madeleine McCann, UK News