Funeral services were held Tuesday for a U.S. teacher in Mauritania who was shot dead last week by Islamic extremists for spreading Christianity.
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July 1st, 2009
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July 1st, 2009
A long-running row over the ownership of a purpose-built ?2m Southampton mosque was due to return to the High Court today.
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July 1st, 2009
After a three-year lobbying effort, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution Tuesday calling for school to be closed on the two holiest Muslim holidays.
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July 1st, 2009
A government crackdown on doctors and nurses who offer to pray with patients is drawing a response from physicians at a meeting this week of the British Medical Association.
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July 1st, 2009
A school told a child to remove a Christian cross she was wearing even though it lets Sikh children wear bangles as part of their religion.
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July 1st, 2009
It is hard to believe that a whole year has passed since the launch of Standpoint with my article, "Breaking Faith with Britain", in the inaugural issue. In that article, I tried to show how there was a descending theme of Christian influence on the systems of governance, the rule of law and the assumptions of trust in our common life.
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July 1st, 2009
Harriet Harman's new equalities laws risk alienating middle-class voters and condemning Labour to defeat at the general election, a Cabinet minister warned today.
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July 1st, 2009
President Barack Obama on Monday addressed an 'LGBT Pride' reception at the White House, characterizing opponents of homosexual political issues as holding fast to 'worn arguments and old attitudes.' One critical observer said the event aimed to placate the president?s donors but was 'insulting' to mainstream Americans.
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July 1st, 2009
A black evangelical Christian pastor and former NFL linebacker says there was "absolutely no truth in anything" President Obama said in his speech to homosexuals in the East Room of the White House Monday.
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July 1st, 2009
David Cameron has publicly apologised for Section 28 the law introduced by the Thatcher government banning local authorities from promoting homosexuality.