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Factsheet: Sharia law and criminalising LGBT relationships

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

Islam and LGBT

by Dr Abdul-Rahman Mustafa School heads in Birmingham have been protesting over the “No Outsiders” programme, which teaches primary pupils about same-sex relationships. In March

Factsheet: Baha’i New Year

Baha’is celebrate the New Year with the Naw-Rúz festival each year. It also falls at the same time as Persian New Year, a largely secular celebration often known as Nowruz

Factsheet: the Church of England and payday lenders

The Church of England spent several years campaigning for reforms to the payday loan market, a period sometimes characterised as the “War on Wonga”. Spearheaded by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the campaign played a significant part in the total collapse of the entire payday loan industry a few years later.

New Zealand terror attack

Faith and community leaders express solidarity with victims of the New Zealand mosque terror attacks in which 49 people died Bishop Peter Carrell on behalf

Factsheet: Women priests in the Church of England

Women have now been able to become priests in the Church of England for 25 years. This marked the culmination of decades of wrangling and activism, although arguments around the representation of women in senior position sin the church have continued in the quarter-century since