Exploring Belief – The 2019 Religion Media Festival
The second Religion Media Festival featured a stellar line-up of speakers and included panel discussions on some of the most important issues facing religion and media today
The second Religion Media Festival featured a stellar line-up of speakers and included panel discussions on some of the most important issues facing religion and media today
Ramadan is a holy month of fasting in the Islamic calendar, when many Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset
Sandford St Martin Trust trustee Nicola Merick reflects on how a new journalism award will honour the importance of understanding religious belief The Sandford St Martin Trust
Christianity first arrived in Sri Lanka thanks to European colonialism, but today about 7% of the population follows the faith. They have been the victims of ethnic and religious-inspired violence in recent years, most infamously the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings which killed 359 people.
SRI LANKA CHURCHES BOMBED On Easter Sunday 2019, more than 200 people were killed in bomb attacks at three churches and luxury hotels in Sri
NOTRE DAME REACTION The head of the Vatican press office, Alessandro Gisotti, spoke of the Pope’s shock and sadness: ‘The Cathedral of Notre Dame is
By Dr Andy Byers In the Christian calendar, Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus. Though he was crucified, his tomb was found empty on the
Passover is one of the most significant festivals in Judaism, in which Jews celebrate the liberation of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt
Vaisakhi is a traditional Punjabi harvest festival which for Sikhs is also one of their most important religious events, celebrating the start of the Khalsa.
The small South-East Asian nation of Brunei has come under heavy international criticism since it introduced Islamic law which includes the death penalty for homosexuality. It is, however, only one of many nations which still criminalise in various ways consensual same-sex relationships
