British Isles
Friday, 18 August 2017 15:43
Islamic worship introduced at Greenbelt
The Christian festival Greenbelt (next weekend) will this year feature opportunities to learn Islamic worship chants. The Ansari Qadiri Rifai Tariqa, describing itself as 'an international non-profit spiritual organisation in service to the Divine', will be…
Friday, 18 August 2017 15:41
Friday Focus: freedom behind bars
When Jesus sets us free, we each have a story to tell. Later this year a new book called 40 Stories of Hope brings together the stories of prisoners who have discovered the hope and freedom…
Friday, 11 August 2017 10:10
National Trust in ‘Rainbow Row’
The National Trust required staff and volunteers at Felbrigg Hall, in Norfolk, to wear rainbow badges and lanyards in support of their ‘Prejudice and Pride’ programme marking 50 years of homosexuality freedom. By 4 August over…
Friday, 11 August 2017 10:09
Law enforcement response to modern slavery
Modern slavery and human trafficking are more prevalent than previously thought. A growing body of evidence points to growing numbers of victims. There are currently over 300 live policing operations targeting slavery in the UK. More…
Friday, 11 August 2017 10:08
Damian Green urges Trump to use UN in current crisis
Damian Green, the UK’s first secretary of state, urged the Trump administration to use the UN processes to resolve the crisis between the United States of America and North Korea. He said, ‘It’s obviously in all…
Friday, 11 August 2017 10:07
Gypsy church rejects criticism of festival
‘I got saved behind the glue factory at an open-air meeting, around a fire.’ said a softly-spoken Romany gypsy from the Gypsy Light and Life, evangelical Pentecostal church that has been spreading Christianity among UK gypsies…