A Christian group is handing a petition of almost 12,000 signatures to the BBC asking it not to take up proposals that will reduce Christian programming.
It is also asking that Aaqil Amhed is removed from his position as Head of Religion and Ethics.
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June 27th, 2016
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June 27th, 2016
MPs on the Commons home affairs committee have launched an inquiry into the operation of sharia courts in the UK to ensure their principles are compatible with British law.
The announcement follows the establishment of a similar investigation by the Home Office last month.
Among the topics on which the committee is seeking evidence are: the range of services offered by sharia councils, reasons for their use, and how sharia law deals with family, divorce, domestic violence and child custody cases.
The inquiry will also look into the extent to which sharia councils might discriminate against women, and how they are funded.
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June 27th, 2016
More than a third of dying elderly patients receive "invasive and potentially harmful" treatments in their last weeks of life, the biggest review of its kind has found.
Analysis of data from 1.2 million patients worldwide found patients being subjected to "excessive" and unnecessary treatments that make no difference to the course of their illness.
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June 27th, 2016
Australia's "sex party" has released a bizarre election campaign video attacking the Catholic Church.
In the video, with a catchy tune, an actor dressed as a priest sings about who can bring the kids in to church and has the chorus: "The Vatican can."
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June 27th, 2016
A widow has said it would be 'inhumane' for her to be denied the opportunity to have her late husband's baby after he died while they were undergoing fertility treatment.
Samantha Jefferies, 42, from East Sussex, was in the process of having three cycles of IVF on the NHS when her husband Clive, 51, suffered a brain haemorrhage in 2014.
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June 27th, 2016
Close to 50 clerics in Pakistan issued a new fatwa (religious decree) that makes it acceptable for transgender couples to marry. The new rule was issued by a lesser-known school of thought Tanzeem Ittehad-i-Ummat.
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June 27th, 2016
Pope Francis has said that the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people for the way it has treated them.
He told reporters that the Church had no right to judge the gay community, and should show them respect.
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June 27th, 2016
The lifelong ban on gay men donating blood is to be removed, the government has confirmed.
Simon Harris, the minister for health, has accepted a recommendation of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) to overturn restrictions on men who have sex with other men.
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June 26th, 2016
History was made when a centuries-old church in London not only opened its doors for Muslims to break their fast at the church but also organised a prayer session and Iftari for hundreds of Muslims and the church leaders fasted alongside Muslims to promote interfaith harmony.
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June 26th, 2016
Like many people who enjoy their work, the Rev. Jacques Hamel did not want to stop. At 85, he was well past retirement age, but he kept in shape and kept on going — baptizing infants, celebrating Mass and tending to parishioners in St.-Étienne-du-Rouvray, the working-class town in Normandy where he had spent much of his life.