The UK’s top diplomat apologizes for calling the Sikh Golden Temple a mosque, demonstrating prominence of religious illiteracy

Britain’s most senior diplomat has apologised for calling one of the holiest sites in Sikhism a mosque, demonstrating the prominence of religious illiteracy which leads to Sikhs often being confused with Muslims.

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Belgium’s controversial Islam Party sparks controversy ahead of elections

Sharia law, Islamist democracy, separation of men and women in public transport–all of these are the policies promulgated by Belgium’s Islam Party. The party is hoping to win seats in Belgium’s October municipal elections. Two party members were elected in 2012, including one in the Molenbeek area of Brussels. This year, it will run in…

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Bavarian state government orders that crucifixes be displayed in all public buildings

Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), conservative sister party to Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has governed its home state of Bavaria since 1946. The only interruption to the party’s rule was a three-year spell by a Social Democrat in the 1950s, by now long forgotten. In particular, the CSU prides itself on having been…

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Law, religion, and ethics experts comment on the proposed Icelandic circumcision ban

Writing in The Religion Factor, experts in law, religion, and ethics have offered their analysis of the proposed ban on child circumcision in Iceland, revealing the nuances of, and the concepts dominating, the discourse surrounding it.

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