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Explainer: Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven

Explaining the story of Cineworld’s decision to cancel all UK screenings of the film The Lady of Heaven, about the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter, after loud protests by Muslim groups who said it was blasphemous

The Queen and Sikhs in Britain

The Queen has approached public life “reflective of a line from Sikh holy scriptures which says: ‘No one is my enemy and no one is a stranger. I get along with everyone’.”

Factsheet: Zakat

Explaining zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, a gift of money considered one of the most important forms of charity

Factsheet: Christian Zionism

The meaning of Christian Zionism, a belief that the Jewish people have a right to return to Israel and this heralds the end times.

Factsheet: Sexuality and the Church of England

The Church of England is in the midst of a complex and fraught internal debate over same-sex marriage and LGBT issues. Currently it bans gay weddings in churches and does not let clergy enter same-sex marriages either, although some of its sister Churches have permitted this