Religion news 22 January
First mosque in Britain opened as vaccine hub; Vatican bank top official jailed for embezzlement; Virtual commemoration wall for International Holocaust Remembrance Day; “Batgate” witchcraft allegation wins a football match
First mosque in Britain opened as vaccine hub; Vatican bank top official jailed for embezzlement; Virtual commemoration wall for International Holocaust Remembrance Day; “Batgate” witchcraft allegation wins a football match
Methodist Homes for the Aged honours 398 people who died and others who recovered from Covid-19; London based hearing into human rights abuses against Uyghurs; Faith leaders support Biden to ‘restore the nation’s values’.
Faith leaders urge action against Uyghur ‘genocide’; Beirut Catholic leaders told to live without luxury; Jehovah’s Witnesses take stand at IICSA sex abuse inquiry.
Forty faith leaders are calling for international action on the ‘potential genocide’ of the Uyghurs by Chinese authorities. The RMC recently held a zoom briefing on this. Here are some suggested commentators.
Human rights abuses against the mainly Muslim Uyghur people have caused outrage. Muslim countries and Christian leaders are being urged to speak out, protest and campaign.
Call for international action on Uyghur ‘genocide’; CofE disciplinary process leaves clergy suicidal; President Trump warns ‘religion will be over’
By Lianne Kolirin The plight of the Uyghur people has struck a chord with Britain’s Jewish community, with a leading […]