Islamists? plans to build one of the largest mosques in Europe within a stone?s throw of the site of the 2012 London Olympic Games hit a bureaucratic snag when the planners failed to meet a deadline. Right now - thankfully - the 12,000 capacity mosque can?t be built.
In the News
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January 26th, 2010
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January 26th, 2010
The head of the Islam Channel, Britain?s most popular Muslim television station, has been arrested in South Africa and faces deportation to Tunisia over terrorism allegations.
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January 25th, 2010
Churches could be forced to hire homosexuals and transsexuals against the tenets of their faith when employing staff under planned Labour equality laws, it was claimed yesterday.
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January 25th, 2010
European commission puts pressure on ministers to toughen law on discrimination by churches.
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January 25th, 2010
Churches have warned they may be forced to hire women, gay people and transsexuals under proposed equality laws to be debated in the House of Lords today.
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January 25th, 2010
Watching Channel Four?s 'Bible: A History', I expected the usual cliched 'look at these strange religious people' spiel ? especially as it started depicting Christians with a scene from an American evangelical church.
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January 25th, 2010
The global market for Islamic financial services is estimated to have risen by 25% to reach $951 billion by the end of 2008 according to the Islamic Finance report from International Financial Services.
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January 25th, 2010
A girl under 18 is four times more likely to get pregnant if she lives in Stonehouse than if she is from a less deprived neighbourhood, a city panel has heard.
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January 25th, 2010
Embryos are regularly being destroyed by IVF clinics for minor disorders suffered by individuals as successful as Charles de Gaulle and Pete Sampras.
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January 25th, 2010
Aspiring night in the Mayhem nightclub in Southend. About a dozen girls, all in tiny hotpants and towering wedge heels, with dark fake tans and shiny, straightened hair, made their way over to a group of men who were standing by a large, empty bed.