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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]