Last month the All Faiths Network hosted an interfaith forum concerning governmental and institutional responses to religious extremism. The debate explored critical issues, including suggestions that Government subsidies to interfaith bodies are failing to improve relations between faith communities. It was suggested that some bodies had been hijacked by unrepresentative cliques with links to extremist factions. The meeting also emphasised the…
Home 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…
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…
The Austrian parliament has passed a Bill requiring a standardised German translation of the Qur’an, and banning both foreign imams and foreign funding for Islam in the country. The far-right party in Austria wanted the bill, which amends a 1912 Act recognising Islam in the country, to also require sermons to be spoken in German and to…
A Comres survey for the BBC of 1000 British Muslims published today finds that more than two in five (46{286427c60984e496d8f2e542e7d21c54ddb5734529e6fb3e21d1c17283afa115}) feel that being a Muslim in Britain is difficult due to prejudice against Islam. The survey found an overwhelming majority (95{286427c60984e496d8f2e542e7d21c54ddb5734529e6fb3e21d1c17283afa115}) feel a loyalty to the country, while only 6{286427c60984e496d8f2e542e7d21c54ddb5734529e6fb3e21d1c17283afa115} say they feel a disloyalty….
radical: characterized by departure from tradition, innovative or progressive (Oxford Dictionary of English) [More from the House of Lords November 27th debate.] Last November the Lords debated the role of religion and belief in British public life. Coming to the debate with a different angle on the role of religion was LORD HASTINGS OF SCARISBRICK, who…
