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Wednesday January 2, 2008
UK:
A director of Barclaycard has left the company in disgrace after making a joke deemed offensive to Muslims.
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Friday November 2, 2007
UK:
Labour’s favourite think-tank says that because it would be hard to “expunge” Christmas from the national calendar, ‘even-handedness’ means public organisations must start giving other religions equal footing.
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Monday October 1, 2007
UK:
Tower Bridge was raised to make way for the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed God of the Dead as it was transported to its new position in Trafalgar Square.
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Wednesday May 16, 2007
UK:
A Christian teenager will go to the high court this summer to challenge the decision of her school to ban her from wearing a celibacy ring on the grounds that it is her basic human right to express her religious beliefs.
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Monday February 26, 2007
UK:
US-style preachers are being allowed on British TV for the first time to appeal for viewers’ cash.
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Tuesday February 6, 2007
UK:
A couple have been ordered to pay more than £200,000 for repairs to a church, which falls within land they inherited after the death of an elderly relative.
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Wednesday January 31, 2007
Paganism • UK:
Archeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered what appears to be an ancient religious complex containing a wealth of artifacts that may finally illuminate the lives and religious practices of the people who built the mysterious monument 4,600 years ago.
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Saturday November 4, 2006
UK:
The National Geographic Traveler magazine marked the site 56 out of 100 against criteria including historic preservation and tourism management.
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Thursday September 28, 2006
UK:
A Wendover resident has spoken of his heartache after a close relative was brainwashed by a cult. Chris Peeler, of Lionel Avenue, has given an account of the cult’s four-year hold on his relative George (not his real name) in a bid to prevent other families from falling victim to the recruitment tactics of certain cults.
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Monday September 25, 2006
UK:
Prayers and readings from other denominations and religions, including from the Muslim, Sikh and Jewish faiths, are expected to be included in the ceremonies marking Prince Charles’s accession to the throne.
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Monday September 4, 2006
UK:
One in 10 young British Asians believes so-called honour killings can be justified, according to a poll for the BBC's Asian Network.
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Tuesday August 8, 2006
UK:
Shane Lynch has become the latest name to quit ITV reality show Love Island.
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Thursday August 3, 2006
UK:
With fewer than one in ten burglaries solved, the power of the law seems to be fading fast.
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Sunday July 9, 2006
UK:
A pioneering Christian course for prisoners in Dartmoor has been closed by the Prison Service after criticism that it did not comply with "diversity policies".
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Thursday July 6, 2006
UK:
Could the flag of St George be replaced by Alban's symbol, a diagonal yellow cross on a blue background that bears a strong similarity to St Andrew's cross
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Friday June 30, 2006
UK:
The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales has complained of "Christophobia" among the country's opinion-formers.
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Monday June 19, 2006
UK:
Would anyone ever have imagined that one day it would become illegal in Britain to teach children to follow precepts laid down in the Bible?
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Tuesday May 30, 2006
UK:
Backlash over emphasis on religion as suspensions soar in 'covert' selection
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Saturday May 27, 2006
UK:
Almost a month after a spiritual healer was stabbed and beaten to death in an "almost ritualistic killing" in Luton, murder investigators are still searching for clues about his killers.
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Monday May 22, 2006
UK:
Detectives are examining a house in Bradford in a bid to solve the mystery of a murdered faith healer.
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Wednesday May 10, 2006
UK:
The victim of a violent murder in Luton last month has been identified as a faith healer who promised clients he could solve all their problems in a week. Police are looking for former patients who might have been dissatisfied with the treatments of a man they say lived a double life.
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Wednesday April 12, 2006
UK:
Demonstrators are expected to hold a vigil today at the opening of the latest human body parts exhibition in London because of concern over the origins of the human remains from China.
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Saturday March 18, 2006
UK:
A city vicar has defended the Theatre Royal Norwich's controversial decision to stage a production of Jerry Springer The Opera, but other church leaders have blasted the decision.
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Monday March 6, 2006
UK:
Indian tribes who were converted to Christianity by missionaries from Wales are now returning to evangelise the Welsh because they believe that the country is in a state of religious decline.
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Tuesday February 7, 2006
UK:
Gordon Brown has given his personal endorsement to a book by an American evangelist that attacks the "unjust" war in Iraq.
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