They may find it uncomfortable, but opponents of halal and kosher who simply point to the evidence need to acknowledge the context in which the argument occurs, says Paul Sims
A pendant depicting the Arabic word for “Allah” has been edited out of the video for “Dark Horse”, the latest single by pop star Katy Perry, following complaints that the…
Following on from the recent decision by Penguin India to withdraw Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History as a result of legal pressure from fundamentalists, Sunny Hundal has…
Are attempts to reform the faith from within genuine - or even desirable? Sadaf Ahmed investigates
Are clerical criticisms of Cameron welcome, or should faith leaders stay out of politics?
“Outdated, interfering and ideological”. This is how the Vatican reacted to the UN Committee on the Right of the Child (CRC) report on the Holy See’s handling of Catholic Church’s…
This article is cross-posted from Kenan Malik’s blog Pandaemonium ‘Thank you @Channel4News you just pushed us liberal Muslims further into a ditch’. So tweeted Maajid Nawaz, prospective Liberal Democratic parliamentary…
The most pious may be the most photogenic, but both religious and secular Jews are thriving in 21st-century Britain, writes Anthony Clavane
A theatre in Co Antrim has cancelled two performances of a “blasphemous” play following complaints from a Christian politician. The play, entitled “The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)”,…
Secularism would have us place disagreements about the existence of God to one side. But when that disagreement sits at the heart of our disputes over more worldly issues, ignoring…