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Briefing: Hajj 2023 – ticketing frustration and soaring temperatures
Hajj 2023 will be remembered for a record 2.5 million attendees, another chaotic online ticketing system, and soaring temperatures
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Hajj 2023 will be remembered for a record 2.5 million attendees, another chaotic online ticketing system, and soaring temperatures
Join us on Tuesday 19 September for our ‘Creating Connections’ event in Bradford
Calls for a UK Islamic calendar as Eid al Fitr falls on two days; Look back at spectacular Open Iftars; Canada changes title of King, dropping “defender of the faith”; “We need more divinity, not more maths” in schools
Christians in Jerusalem appeal for their security to be protected; Founder of Soul Survivor subject to safeguarding inquiry; Devoted Hindu and community champion becomes Wiltshire High Sheriff; Dating apps just don’t cut it against traditional Jewish matchmakers
Applications to teach RE have plummeted by a third but being alongside young people as they explore faith makes teaching RE “the best job in the world”
Chancellor must use Budget to tackle root causes of poverty; BBC strike over cuts affecting religious programmes; First International Day to Combat Islamophobia today; Sikh new year celebrated in gurdwaras
Didsbury mosque not cause of Manchester Arena bomber’s radicalisation; Times report into Hasidic schools in north London; Global bishops opposed to same sex relationships to visit London
Michael Wegier answers a wide range of questions for the RMC Big Interview, with Roger Bolton
The first Pagan festival of the year is Imbolc, a sign of light and new life emerging from the darkness of winter
Pope Francis says homosexuality not a crime; Four investigations into Catholic diocese in Newcastle; Author of ‘God An Anatomy’ becomes patron of Defence Humanists; 55 per cent trust clergy to tell the truth
