Today’s guest post is by Katie Harrison, Head of Media & Corporate Communications at Tearfund. Katie visited Iraq in August and experienced first-hand what many refugees there are going through. Katie tweets at @KatieHarrisonTF. ———— When news broke of David Haines’ abduction… Read More ›
A little late to the party on this… Over the last few weeks a battle for the heart and soul of our schools has intensified as we’ve witnessed the repercussions of the Trojan Horse episode that has engulfed a handful of Birmingham… Read More ›
Just for a moment, do your best to imagine this scenario: You’ve been brought up as a Christian in a Christian home and have accepted this faith as your own. This is not a nominal faith; you have chosen to… Read More ›
As far as bad PR goes for a religious faith, you couldn’t do much worse than last week’s news stories relating to Islam coming from Africa. Christians here in the UK have not had the best of times recently trying to… Read More ›
Listening to and reading the coverage of yesterday’s ruling on a defendant’s right to wear the niqab (full face veil), it was hard to find anyone who agreed with the judge’s ruling. As usual when it comes to competing interests, a… Read More ›
It’s not the first time that someone has been murdered in London this year, but it’s entirely understandable that yesterday’s brutal and horrific killing in Woolwich has gained so much attention. There is still an underlying nervousness in our society… Read More ›
Sometimes following a shocking incident hitting the headlines there can be a knee jerk reaction from the authorities trying to provide some sort of restitution to right a wrong. This happened after the truly awful Innocence of Muslims film went global. In their… Read More ›
It’s been over two weeks since violence flared up around the world in response to the ridiculous and inflammatory film that was ‘Innocence of Muslims’, but we’re still seeing the repercussions of it at the United Nations where the 56-nation Organisation… Read More ›
Let’s be honest for a moment. When you first heard about the protests and riots in Muslim countries in response to the Innocence of Muslims film were your initial thoughts along these lines? “These Muslims are reacting in a considered… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 