According to Contact Institution Muslims and Government (CMO), mosques need to provide more support to families of people going to Syria and Iraq. These people are in need of contact with people going through the same situation and also practical support, which they both don’t get from Islamic communities. Yassin Elforkani, who is working for…
A Conservative local election candidate who tweeted that it was good to be anti-Islam and that the Islam was the “religion of rape”, has had to resign just weeks after being chosen to represent the party in the Brentwood local elections. David Bishop, who was due to stand as the Conservative candidate for the ward…
March 6, 2014 The practice of slaughtering animals by slitting their throats (The traditional practice in Judaism and Islam) and draining the blood in line with religious custom should be adapted to prevent suffering, the leader of Britain’s vets has said. John Blackwell, head of the British Veterinary Association, said animals should be “stunned”…
December 31, 2014 By Amna Akbar As the government embraces a “counter-radicalization” approach to counterterrorism, prosecutors are turning radical beliefs into criminal acts. Since 9/11, the Department of Justice has prosecuted more than 500 terrorism cases, yet there remains scant public understanding of what these federal cases have actually looked like and the impact…
January 8, 2014 Young Christians, Muslims and other faiths led by a bishop will gather in the Savona cathedral in the name of interreligious coexistence. The event will be held next Saturday, January 11 at 3.30, in the Cathedral of Savona. This is a now annual initiative and has led many of different faiths…
