Record number of Muslim visitors coming to see the exhibition but critics question Saudi involvementAt the British Museum, Nazia Shah, 27, had embarked on a day out from Luton with half a dozen of her nephews. They fancied a theme park, but she took th…
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‘Gay cure’ Christian charity funded 20 MPs’ interns
Christian Action Research and Education has supplied staff to Conservatives, Labour and Liberal DemocratsA Christian charity which sponsored a conference promoting the idea that gay people can be converted to heterosexuality has funded interns for an e…
Islamic singers rewrite western hits to find new audiences for ‘faith-inspired’ songs
Record label hopes artists such as Raef and Maher Zain will attract listeners wanting a modern take on religious musicThere is something slightly different about the version of Chris Brown’s With You sung by Raef, a new signing to Awakening Records. In…
Muhammad cartoon attack trial begins in Denmark
Four Swedes accused of terrorism over alleged plot for revenge against newspaper that printed caricatures of prophetThe terror trial of four Swedes accused of plotting a revenge attack on a Danish newspaper that printed caricatures of the prophet Muham…
Controversial message to get across? Run an ad on a bus
The medium used in a Christian group’s anti-gay campaign follows a trend among groups hoping to get the public’s attentionOutdoor advertising, and in particular running ads on the sides of buses, has become the medium of choice for campaigning groups t…
University where 20% of students are Muslim considers alcohol-free zones
‘We need to be more cautious about sex too,’ says vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan UniversityA London university is considering establishing alcohol-free zones on its campuses because so many of its students consider drinking to be immoral.Profes…
Rome prosecutors link Vatican cleric to 29-year mystery of missing girl
Investigators say senior Catholic has evidence about 1983 disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela OrlandiThe Vatican is under pressure to help resolve one of the strangest of many enigmas lingering in Italy from the cold war years.For four years, prosecu…
Christian group books anti-gay ads to appear on buses
A ‘gay therapy’ campaign to appear in London is aimed at changing the sexual orientation of homosexual people• Read the latest on this story: Anti-gay adverts on London buses blocked by Boris JohnsonLondon buses have been booked to carry a Christian …
Almost nine in 10 Catholics in Ireland want priests to be allowed to marry
Survey of Catholics by Irish priesthood’s unofficial association also finds 77% believe women should be ordainedAn overwhelming majority of Catholics in Ireland want priests to be allowed to marry, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Irish…
Vatican and Bodleian libraries to offer rare collections online
Greek manuscripts and earliest surviving Hebrew codex among 1.5m pages to be digitised for both scholars and public to peruseSix centuries after it was founded by Pope Nicholas V for “the common convenience of the learned”, the treasures of the Vatican…
