Religion news 27 August 2021
Taliban and ISIS-K in deadly rivalry for an Islamic state; Overwhelming UK response to plight of Afghan refugees; Religious origin of the Taliban
Taliban and ISIS-K in deadly rivalry for an Islamic state; Overwhelming UK response to plight of Afghan refugees; Religious origin of the Taliban
World Jewish Relief attracts massive support for Afghan refugee appeal; Salvation Army says government’s levelling up fund excludes places of high deprivation; Greenbelt festival goes back to its roots
Christian Aid continuing to work with local partners in Afghanistan; Muslim Hands major appeal for “nightmare in Afghanistan”; Pope gives €230,000 to Haiti earthquake victims; Methodist minister sings entire hymn book for charity
Faith groups at centre of US effort to help Afghan evacuees as UK faiths and charities mobilise; Afghan Hindus and Sikhs evacuated to India; Hasidic Jewish family face the death of their severely disabled toddler this week; CofE sets up network to support UK minority ethnic trainee clergy
Cardinal says UK should take as many Afghan refugees as it can; Serial child abuser John Smyth – the Church of England’s Jimmy Savile; Vaccine sceptic Cardinal Raymond Burke recovering from Covid-19
Victorious Taliban set to impose strict interpretation of sharia law in Afghanistan; Vaccine denier Cardinal Burke on a ventilator with Covid-19; Prayers in Plymouth after gunman shot five dead
The city of Herat falls to the Taliban; Decline in number of students taking GCSE in Religious Studies; UN report on climate change is a “shofar blast” warning to take action; The day the Pope met “Jesus”
Dominican pilgrimage mistaken for stag night; Orthodox church urges urgent response to climate change; Fort Augustus Abbey child sex abuse blighted childrens’ lives; US survey on popularity of tarot cards
Afghan regions fall to the Taleban; Archbishop: English patriots disregarded as backwardly xenophobic; Irish bishops revolt against Covid-19 sacrament ban
Culture Secretary’s crackdown on social media antisemitism; Founder of Hillsong charged with concealing information on child sex abuse case; Campaign to save the Church of England parish system
