Religion News 13 July
Virtual Choirs, Archbishop of York, General Synod, Bishop Tweets on Cummings, Zoom ceremony for Srebrenica, Pope on Hagia Sophia, US impose sanctions on China
From colonial oppressor to Sikh founder: Southall considers changing road name
Minreet Kaur on considerations for Southall Road to be renamed after the founder of Sikhism – but not without its supporters and opponents.
Terror and panic: how extremists have exploited the pandemic
Data collected by the Commission for Countering Extremism between 1st March and 5th June 2020 reveals deliberately circulated false statements
Analysis: God, Kanye West and his $50 ‘Jesus walks’ socks
Andrew Brown looks at the crossover between entertainment and religion in Kanye West’s presidential announcement and, indeed, in his life.
Religion News 10 July
New Archbishop, House of Lords debate church income, pandemic exploitation by extremists, Scottish places of worship open, religions groups and coronavirus payment protection, teachers dismissals
Government urged to help faith groups as Westminster Abbey faces £12m shortfall
The government needs to help places of worship hit financially by Covid-19, according to an influential peer who says the role of religion is crucial in the post-pandemic world. Lord Black of Brentwood, a Conservative, raised the loss of church income in a House of Lords debate today, calling on the government to make the […]
Religion News 9 July
Bishops need to ‘watch their tone’ Sixteen Church of England bishops who took to twitter to criticise the Prime Minister’s special adviser Dominic Cummings, for breaking the lockdown are being taken to task by members of the church’s ruling body, the General Synod. Nine questions have been tabled for this weekend’s online synod meeting, suggesting […]
Analysis: Church Commissioners spend £24m to ‘create 50,000 disciples’
Andrew Brown reviews the Church of England’s announcement is to spend £24m that it hopes will produce 50,000 new churchgoers
Religion news 8 July
UK Hajj tour operators threat British Muslim tour operators are threatened with financial ruin after the Saudi authorities barred international travellers to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage in a measure to control the Covid-19 epidemic. Usually 25,000 British Muslims go to the Hajj in a normal year, the largest number from western Europe, but the […]
Religion news 7 July
Legal action over locked down places of worship Banning religious services during the coronavirus lockdown may have been illegal, according to a judgment delivered by the high court judge, Mr. Justice Lewis. He was considering a legal challenge brought by three people, that the lockdown conditions were illegal, breached human rights laws and […]
