Tag Archives: Michael Nazir-Ali

This week’s news and links: Christians at court and a reshuffle of values

September 5, 2012

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Cabinet Reshuffle 2012

I don’t think there’s been a day like yesterday for quite a while.  We’ve had the four ‘Christian discrimination’ cases kicking off at the European Court of Human Rights, the first reshuffle of this Government and also today is the last day of submissions for the Government’s online protection of children consultation.  Twitter went a bit wild with a […]

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Westminster Faith Debate: What Limits to Religious Freedom?

May 14, 2012

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Westminster Faith Debate

Regular contributor to this site Graham Goldsmith attended last month’s penultimate Westminster Faith Debate hosted by Christian think tank, Theos in association with the Religion and Society Research Programme.  The title of the debate was, ‘What Limits to Religious Freedom?’  This is his report: The debate was chaired jointly by Rt Hon Charles Clarke M.P. […]

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Has the Church become a doormat to the temple of secularism?

February 27, 2012

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This post is by Graham Goldsmith, a regular contributor to this site: ‘Awake O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.’ (Ephesians 5;14) In 2007 I read the now very well known book. ‘The God Delusion’ by Professor Richard Dawkins. Barely a page was turned without feeling a mixture of […]

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This week’s news and links – 1st February

February 1, 2012

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A few interesting links… Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, was interviewed in Saturday’s Telegraph.  In part of the interview he discussed his opposition to gay marriage.  This is a short extract: “I don’t think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is. It is set in tradition and history and […]

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This week’s news and links – 6th January

January 6, 2012

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Every week I see some stories and issues that I’d like to comment on, but just don’t have the time.  Fortunately the more I explore the internet, the more I find articles on these topics that are worth reading.  This is a chance to share some of them. Yesterday’s Falconer report on euthanasia and assisted […]

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