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BBC censors Sikh history in case it offends Muslims

October 6, 2019
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Lord (Indarjit) Singh has been almost as permanent a fixture on BBC Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day' as the Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines. The BBC likes a certain sort of thought for the day, delivered by a certain…

Government slaps secularists: “England has an established Church”

April 12, 2019
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Amidst all the equality clamour and the siren voices of secularism, you can perhaps be forgiven for occasionally forgetting that England still has an Established Church, that its status is…

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Christophobia: Met Police arrest street preacher and confiscate his Bible

February 25, 2019
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Over the weekend a Christian street preacher was arrested outside Southgate tube station, London N14. It is reported that he was being 'Islamophobic', but what preceded the encounter with the…

Advertising Standards Authority probes billboards declaring ‘The Messiah has come’

February 20, 2018
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Billboards have been popping up around London declaring 'The Messiah has come'. According to Harry Farley in Christian Today, these have attracted a number of objections, and the Advertising Standards…

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The British Government has made it crystal clear that proclaiming the divinity of Christ is not a hate crime

December 22, 2017
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The Catholic Herald has been banging on about this now for a whole week. Apparently, Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Ukip) asked Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative) to confirm "that a…

If a bigot can’t be PM, why should one be allowed to become an MP?

September 7, 2017
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Jacob Rees-Mogg walks into a TV studio. Grand Inquisitor Piers Torquemorgan has wheeled out his rack; his beatific assistant Susanna Reid has greased up the Judas cradle. Heresy is not…

Lidl UK compounds cross removal by treating its customers as idiots

September 4, 2017
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Lidl have been selling their own brand (Eirdanous) Greek food (moussaka, halloumi, meatballs, yoghurt etc) with a doctored image. Perhaps it wouldn't matter if they'd made the Aegean a little…

Government to establish ‘Commission for Countering Extremism’ – Be afraid. Be very afraid

June 23, 2017
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"A commission for countering extremism will be established to support the government in stamping out extremist ideology in all its forms, both across society and on the internet, so it…

The Real Easter Egg and Sainsbury’s unreal stock-check

March 21, 2017
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It was kind of Steven at Sainsbury's to offer to check their stock of The Real Easter Egg at their store in Canterbury, following yesterday's revelation that Sainsbury's don't, in…

Sainsbury’s refuses to sell the Real Easter Egg – what’s their problem with Jesus?

March 20, 2017
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The Real Easter Egg, which explains the real meaning of Easter (yes, it mentions Jesus), is on sale in Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons and dozens of independent retail outlets. But Sainsbury's…

Is it wrong to judge a blog by the comments it attracts?

January 9, 2017
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"I guess I find it hard to take that particular blog very seriously really," wrote the Rev'd Canon Andrew Godsall, ministry development adviser in the Diocese of Exeter, of the…

Do we really need a faith minister for “fairies, goblins and imaginary friends”?

September 15, 2016
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We live in an age of ever-increasing secularity, in which religious practice must be half-hidden and religious conviction often-denied. You have to excavate quite deep to discover the moral sources…

Fireman Sam slips on the Qur'an, and all Sharia breaks loose

July 27, 2016
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Firstly, it wasn't Fireman Sam who apparently slipped on a page of the Qur'an; it was Elvis. But the headline 'Elvis slips on the Qur'an' would probably cause problems…

Welby defends the right to offend – kind of

February 5, 2016
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During a House of Lords debate on the question of 'Islam: Extremism', the Archbishop of Canterbury interjected in defence of the right to offend. He said: My Lords, it…

Donald Trump is an ignorant chump, but banning him from Britain would be an offence against freedom

December 9, 2015
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Say what you will, write as you want, think what you like, but Donald Trump is on the demotic ascendant and is currently in pole position to win the…

The National Secular Society's vacuous and arrogant stance against the Lord's Prayer

November 23, 2015
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For decades the Church of England has gained a not entirely undeserved reputation for being a bit wet behind the ears and having all of the subversiveness of a…

Lord's Prayer advert banned by cinemas

November 22, 2015
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Cinemas are private establishments, and so are free to advertise whatever they like and decline to advertise whatever they don't like. Pearl & Dean dominated cinema advertising in the…

The Paris attacks are a reminder of our unwillingness to accept uncomfortable truths

November 16, 2015
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Do you remember the story of Rachel Dolezal, the black US civil rights activist, who was outed by her parents earlier this year as actually being white? Five months…

Why isn't Richard Dawkins prosecuted under the Malicious Communications Act?

November 6, 2015
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Ursula Presgrave (left) posted on Facebook: "Anyone born with down syndrome should be put down, it's just cruel to let them lead a pointless life of a vegetable." For…

Equality legislation is breeding a class of intolerant whingers

March 18, 2015
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I have a friend who is a teacher and works in a secondary school. The head, who is known to have little sympathy for those of a religious persuasion,…