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Does religion make people more ethical?
ByEditorA Birmingham research centre study suggests that students professing a faith have a better moral code than those who are atheists or have no religion. The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on character, virtues and values, say the study shows that religion is related to character building. The study, carried…
Events | FORB Advocacy | WorldOSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
ByEditorWarsaw: AFN attended the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting covering sessions on Freedom of Religion, Belief and Conscience as well as Tolerance and Non-Discrimination. The OSCE is an intergovernmental body comprising 57 countries and provides a forum for governments and civil society to meet together. AFN’s Director gave a presentation to the meeting on the…
OIDAC Report Discrimination against Christians in Europe
BymikegThe Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe issued issued its annual report 2022/23 last November. The report finds an increase of anti-Christian hate crimes, rising to 748 cases in 2022. This matches the data of the new OSCE Annual Hate Crime Report, which documents 792 anti-Christian hate crimes in 2022. OIDAC Europe’s…
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Allow proselytising and reduce violence: Study
A new analysis by Brian J. Grim of the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation finds that violent incidents between religious groups are more prevalent in areas where governments restrict religious proselytization. According to Grim’s article in The Weekly Number, hostilities over proselytization are five times more likely in countries with laws restricting such activity. Grim says that conversely, restrictive…
Interfaith Works: House of Commons meeting 16th November
BymikegThe All Faiths Network is this year partnering with the Minhaj Welfare Foundation to hold an event in the UK Parliament, hosted by Stephen Timms MP. The event will take place on the 16th November 2pm – 4pm. The event features a number of speakers experienced in different aspects of interfaith. It will be an…
Home Secretary announces Extremism Unit will take on ‘Entryism’
ByEditorHome Secretary Teresa May has announced new measures to be taken by the Extremism Analysis Unit to combat extremism. In a speech at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in London she said the Unit would “help us to develop a new engagement policy – which will set out clearly for the first time with which…


