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Charles confirms he will be anointed and crowned 'Defender of the Faith'

February 9, 2015
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There has been considerable and worthwhile coverage of 'Building Bridges' - The Sunday Hour interview with The Prince of Wales on the subject of Islamic extremism, radicalisation and the persecution of Christians in the Middle East. The same interview…

If imams may not influence voters, why should priests or bishops?

February 5, 2015
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According to Dominic Kennedy, Investigations Editor of The Times, there is an 18th-century law which prohibits the 'spiritual influence' of the electorate in the process of democracy. He writes…

Ukip ban on non-stun slaughter will affect Jews more than Muslims

February 4, 2015
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When David Cameron spoke at the Knesset almost a year ago, he was unequivocal in his opposition to anti-Israel boycotts; his support for a two-state solution; and his denunciation…

Bishop Philip North – catholic continuity and ecclesial unity

February 2, 2015
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On 7th November 2014, it was announced by The Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street: "The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Philip John North to the…

Age UK: Christian stickers might invalidate car insurance policies

February 1, 2015
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Admittedly, the Rev'd Wena Parry's mobile insignia is not of the same order of subtlety as your average 'Jesus ♥ You' bumper sticker. But who is to judge? If…

Rev'd Stephen Sizer: "Show me evidence Israel wasn’t behind 9/11"

January 30, 2015
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As the civilised world was choking in the memorial lamentations of Auschwitz 70-years-on, suspended in that space of sorrow somewhere between needing to remember yet yearning to forget, the…

What are 'fundamental British values'?

January 29, 2015
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In a context of fractious social division and increasing religious tension, the Government is on a quest for national identity, and education is the means by which it will…

Universities to censor Zionists, Pro-Lifers and advocates of Holy Matrimony

January 28, 2015
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Prevent Duty Home Office 17 December 2014 Protecting the UK against terrorism The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, which is currently before Parliament, seeks to place a duty on specified…

Bishop Libby Lane – "a natural and normal development"

January 26, 2015
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It is a curious thing to consider that the Rt Rev'd Libby Lane is not only the first woman to receive a bishop's crosier in five centuries of the…

Moral hazard: if Greece will not pay for profligacy, why should anyone?

January 26, 2015
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The democratic lightning has struck Athens, but the thunder will reverberate throughout all of Europe. As the 'anti-austerity' Syriza party is swept to power in Greece, its leader Alexis…

What are 'Muslim values', Lady Warsi?

January 25, 2015
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The problem is her article's timing, and that when David Cameron stretched out his hand in friendship and promoted and indulged her time and again, there was impatience, irritability…

The Times takes another swipe at the Archbishop of Canterbury

January 23, 2015
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Reasoned criticism of the Church of England is always welcome: as a human institution it boasts of no perfection; as a provisional branch of the Catholic Church it makes…

Amendment to Serious Crime Bill could abolish sex-selective abortion

January 22, 2015
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www.stopgendercide.org Last November, MPs voted by 181:1 in favour of Fiona Bruce's Abortion (Sex-Selection) Bill, the aim of which was to clarify the Abortion Act 1967 and specifically outlaw…

Since when has knowing what lesbians do been a British value?

January 22, 2015
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The task of education is to impart knowledge - especially of that which might develop literacy and numeracy, for without proficiency in words and numbers one may be muted…

If Sentamu opposes Free Schools, why is he opening and blessing them?

January 20, 2015
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The Archbishop Sentamu Academy in Hull is bucking national trends for schools in deprived areas, and the Ofsted data provides empirical evidence. Five consecutive years of improving GCSE grades,…

Mehdi Hasan: "No Reformation in Europe without Muslim theologians"

January 19, 2015
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Mehdi Hasan delivered an oratorically brilliant if rather sanctimonious speech at the Oxford Union in May 2013, which now rings in the head like tinnitus in the wake of…

Cameron rebukes the Pope

January 18, 2015
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The Pope of Rome hath erred. Again. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Pope Francis was asked by journalists aboard the papal plane what he thought of the…

A few rocky facts belie Sentamu's sandy statist socialism

January 16, 2015
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The Most Rev'd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, has edited a neat selection of essays on the current moral state of the nation. Entitled On…

17 French deaths unite civilisation; 2,000 Nigerian deaths – who cares?

January 15, 2015
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"Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering," exhorts the writer…

"If 100,000 Jews leave, France will no longer be France"

January 13, 2015
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The words of French Prime Minister Manuel Valls echo down the centuries of anti-Semitic Europe, where Jews have been marginalised, persecuted, reviled, expelled and turned to ash in the…