Religion
Acclaimed political journalist and author Ian Dunt has been appointed as the Chair of the newly established Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, following its merger with Humanists UK earlier this year. New Humanist, now in its 140th year of publication, became part of Humanists UK on 1 January this year in a merger that… Read more »
On Wednesday, a man is to stand trial after burning a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London reportedly in protest of the President of Turkey. Humanists UK has warned that if the prosecution is successful, and if the case is reported, it will effectively re-establish the crime of blasphemy in England and Wales, 17… Read more »
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by Peter Wozniak The Pope’s state visit to the UK ought to be cancelled, the reverend and former MP Ian Paisley has said. The staunchly protestant preacher for the Free Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland railed against the welcome being laid out for the head of the Catholic church for his state visit on September… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Foreign secretary William Hague has followed Tony Blair in joining the international chorus of condemnation against a small church in the US which intends to burn copies of the Koran. Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Centre in Gainesville, plans to hold the mass book burning on September 11th. The… Read more »
