Religion news 19 November
Dean Martyn Percy steps aside in a saga which ‘has more bizarre twists than The Crown’; Starmer bans Corbyn after Jewish community’s outrage over his readmission to party; Police uniform in New Zealand includes a hijab
Dean Martyn Percy steps aside in a saga which ‘has more bizarre twists than The Crown’; Starmer bans Corbyn after Jewish community’s outrage over his readmission to party; Police uniform in New Zealand includes a hijab
£1.8million to help build tolerant society; Jewish Labour Movement criticises Jeremy Corbyn’s re-instatement after antisemitism row; Council takes court action to close Christian bookshop which flouted lockdown rules
Police crack down on Christians’ resistance to lockdown; Macron rails against English language media over reports of recent murders; 300 faith organisations support charity events on Mitzvah Day
Religion drives prejudice more than racism or xenophobia; Bishops call on government to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons; Jewish News gifted to independent community news foundation; HMS Dragon lit up to celebrate Diwali
Press regulator publishes guidance for reporting Muslims and Islam; The festival of Diwali moves online; Ban on public worship in England looks unlikely to be lifted
Irish priests suffering from hate comments for online services; President Macron urges international response against Islamist terrorism; Court orders blood transfusion for 15 year old Jehovah’s Witness
Cardinal Vincent Nichols put church before victims of sexual abuse; Three Popes failed to curb Theodore McCarrick; The impact of Covid-19 on Muslim communities and lessons learned
Church of England Living in Love and Faith by 2022; European Institute for training Imams; US Muslim ban destined for rejection
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the “Prince of God in our midst”; Joe Biden – a man of faith in the White House; Mosques and churches pilot deeper conversations
Cardinal predicts government U-turn on public worship as Health Secretary says conversations continue Cardinal Vincent Nichols, leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales is predicting
