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  • London Central Mosque

    Government grants additional listing protection to four British mosques

    The government has granted protected status to two London mosques on the advice of Heritage England, in recognition of their historic, architectural and cultural importance. […]

  • Denmark’s proposed face veil ban will affect 150 to 200 Muslim women

    Denmark’s ruling centre-right coalition government is floating a public ban on face veils, following France and some other European countries in restricting the burqa and […]

  • Indian suffragettes,

    Plinth to mark centenary of women’s suffrage includes South Asian and Jewish women

    A plinth which features the names and portraits of 59 women and men who were central to the suffrage movement includes two women of colour […]

  • Fresh trials raise concern about persecution of Ahmadis in Algeria

    Algeria is said to be further clamping down on the religious freedoms of its Ahmadiyya minority, with new trials to take place this month, according […]

  • Plans to republish the violently antisemitic screeds of French author Céline cause outrage

    The violently antisemitic writings of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, an author credited with revolutionising twentieth French literature and language, reflects a deeper unease about the antisemitic literary […]

  • Canada removes Holocaust memorial plaque that omitted Jewish victims

    The Canadian government has removed a plaque from its inaugural Holocaust memorial after falling to mention antisemitism or the murder of six million Jewish people. […]

  • When the Islamic and Jewish New Years intersect

    This year sees the alignment of main holy days in the Jewish and Islamic calendars – Rosh Hashanah, which translates as the ‘beginning of the […]

  • Neo-Nazis distribute menacing homophobic flyers in Southampton

    Neo-Nazis  distributed menacing homophobic flyers in Southampton in the days leading up to the city’s annual Pride event on August 30, a Faith Matters investigation has […]

  • Catholic priest resigns after allowing Ganesh Chaturthi celebration in Ceuta church

    The resignation of a parish priest in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, which rests on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast, has shocked the local Hindu community, […]

  • Ceremony honours ‘only’ Canadian Muslim soldier killed in WW1

    Canada’s first book of remembrance is also its largest. It details the names of more than 66,000 Canadians who died in World War One. Page […]

  • Antisemitic pensioner fined for harassing his local MP

    A pensioner has been fined after sending antisemitic letters to his local MP. James Evans, 70, sent Worcester MP Robin Walker around 100 letters between […]

  • Notorious Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel dead at 78

    The notorious Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel has died, aged 78, according to a statement from his wife. Zundel was born in Germany in 1939 but […]

  • The Leftovers: How this HBO drama can change your life, part one

    *Author’s note: this essay will discuss the key themes raised in Season One. Future essays will dissect the themes found in Seasons Two and Three. […]

  • Horst Mahler, German neo-Nazi, arrested in Hungary

    The arrest of an 81-year-old former left-wing terrorist who turned to neo-Nazism and received a 10-year prison sentence for Holocaust denial has rallied neo-Nazis as […]

  • Families of San Bernardino shooting sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

    Family members of three victims of the December 2015 shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, have sued Facebook, Google and Twitter, claiming that the tech […]

Interfaith

  • Hindu and Sikh villagers rebuild mosque shut since 1947

    March 2, 2016 0
  • A new national Catholic-Muslim dialogue hopes to counter Islamophobia in the United States

    February 11, 2016 0
  • How faith and non-faith communities helped repair a mosque damaged by arson

    November 30, 2015 0
  • Canadian mosque raised thousands of dollars to support vandalised church

    June 30, 2015 0
  • How a Kingston church opened its doors for Muslims to pray

    June 11, 2015 0

Media

  • London Central Mosque

    Government grants additional listing protection to four British mosques

    March 13, 2018 0
  • Denmark’s proposed face veil ban will affect 150 to 200 Muslim women

    February 8, 2018 0
  • Fresh trials raise concern about persecution of Ahmadis in Algeria

    January 22, 2018 0
  • Plans to republish the violently antisemitic screeds of French author Céline cause outrage

    January 9, 2018 0
  • Canada removes Holocaust memorial plaque that omitted Jewish victims

    October 5, 2017 0

International

  • Trump to wade into Middle East politics on first foreign trip

    May 5, 2017 0
  • Communist East German minister, sentenced over border killings, dies

    May 5, 2017 0
  • France’s Macron accuses Le Pen of spreading lies about him

    May 5, 2017 0
  • Former warlord Hekmatyar calls for peace with Afghan Taliban

    May 5, 2017 0
  • Suicide attack on NATO convoy in Kabul kills eight civilians

    May 3, 2017 0

Opinions

  • The Leftovers: How this HBO drama can change your life, part one

    June 29, 2017 0
  • Why is Donald Trump so keen to align himself with Vladimir Putin?

    July 28, 2016 0
  • Why basketball should embrace the hijab

    July 26, 2016 0
  • Why Hindu nationalists have embraced Donald Trump

    June 9, 2016 0
  • Why Ken Livingstone is wrong about Hitler and Zionism

    April 29, 2016 0

Extremism

  • Notorious Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel dead at 78

    August 7, 2017 0
  • Horst Mahler, German neo-Nazi, arrested in Hungary

    May 19, 2017 0
  • Families of San Bernardino shooting sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

    May 5, 2017 0
  • Former warlord Hekmatyar calls for peace with Afghan Taliban

    May 5, 2017 0
  • Brother of Brussels suicide bomber set for Rio Olympics

    May 21, 2016 0

Education

  • Indian suffragettes,

    Plinth to mark centenary of women’s suffrage includes South Asian and Jewish women

    February 6, 2018 0
  • How Ahmadi missionaries appealed to black Muslims in twentieth century America

    December 16, 2016 0
  • Why the day of Ashura is important for Shia Muslims

    October 12, 2016 0
  • Dr Michael Siegel: the Jewish lawyer who survived Nazi violence and humiliation on March 10, 1933

    March 10, 2016 0
  • What is the Hindu festival of Navratri?

    October 8, 2015 0
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