New NHS figures show rise in people admitted to hospital with alcohol-related injuries or conditions, and increase in deaths linked to drinking.
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May 20th, 2009
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May 20th, 2009
Churches will be banned from turning down gay job applicants on the grounds of their sexuality under new anti-discrimination laws, a Government minister said.
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May 20th, 2009
The organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has warned the Government that its plan to introduce a new blasphemy law risks flouting international standards on freedom of speech.
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May 20th, 2009
The long-running row over control of a Leyton mosque could finally be at an end.
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May 20th, 2009
Reading Borough Council has agreed a 125-year-lease which paves the way for a ?4 million mosque to be built in the town.
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May 20th, 2009
At least 124 more mosques have registered as charities since the Charity Commission?s Faith and Social Cohesion Unit began to focus on Muslim groups, despite its female outreach officers encountering hostility in some quarters.
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May 20th, 2009
Eyeing support for Islamic economies, a group of Muslim scholars are planning a union for Islamic companies to help boost transactions and help the poor in the Muslim world.
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May 20th, 2009
A group of American Muslims, led by two prominent scholars, is moving closer to fulfilling a vision of founding the first four-year accredited Islamic college in the United States, what some are calling a 'Muslim Georgetown.'
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May 20th, 2009
An Islamic group in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, has issued threats against Dominikus Supriyanto, the only Catholic to win a seat in the district legislature in recent general elections, warning him that he should convert to Islam if he wants to retain the seat.
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May 20th, 2009
The British Government Equalities Minister, Maria Eagle pledged that she and other Ministers would stand firm against any attempts by faith groups to get out of the demands of LGBT legislation and the forthcoming Equality Bill.