Ex-Archbishop Denies Muslim Dress Court Case is about Religious Clashing
Following the success of a 16-year-old Muslim schoolgirl in appealing for the right to wear a traditional Islamic "head-to-toe" dress, or jilbab at the British Court yesterday, a former Archbishop of Canterbury warned....
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Court Calls for More Guidance on Religious Dress Rights in Schools
On Wednesday 2nd March, the British Court of Appeal sided with a 16-year-old schoolgirl that had been barred from wearing a full Islamic dress by her school. The court ruled that the teenage student's human rights were violated...
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Europe & US Clash on Anti-Abortion Push at UN Meeting
At the 49th session of the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), an international dispute over women's rights on abortion has been renewed after a move by the US...
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US Propose Amendment to UN Declaration: No Guaranteed Right to Abortions
The 49th session of the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) has opened, and one of the issues which has been reviewed is the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action...
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US Lobbies UN to Declare Abortion Not a Human Right
The 49th session of the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) opened yesterday in the New York Headquarters. The international dispute over women's rights for abortions...
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Churches Attack 'Inhumane' Political Asylum Policies
Church leaders have launched a scathing attack on the government's asylum policy, as well as the leading opposition party's policy, and have condemned them as being 'inhumane' and 'grotesque'...
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Archbishop Tutu Launches Universal Birth Registration to Defend Basic Human Rights
The world renowned human rights advocator, South African Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has launched a global campaign in collaboration with the British aid agency, Plan, to register all new born babies at the UN headquarters...
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Churches Challenged to Take Anti-Poverty Action on National Assembly
As Churches Together in Britain Ireland (CTBI) opened its annual assembly yesterday in Swanwick, Derbyshire, churches of all denominations have been challenged to take part in anti-poverty action in support of the UK-based campaign Make Poverty History...
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Methodists Warn New Gambling Bill will Put the Vulnerable at Greater Risk
On 22nd February, the drafted gambling bill is due to have its second reading in the House of the Lords. The bill has been strongly opposed by the churches and social concern groups...
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United Nations Backs Human Cloning Ban
A United Nations (U.N) committee last week approved a resolution to ban all forms of human cloning incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life, prompting praise from millions of pro-lifers...
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Conservatives Shocked as US Plans to Increase Stem Cell Research Funding
The US have alarmed conservative Christians with news from Washington of a bill that will increase funding for research into human embryonic stem cells. The news follows that from the British government announcing the issuing of a second human cloning license...
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Evangelicals "Alarmed" as Religious Hatred Bill Amendments are Defeated
The controversial proposals by the government to make 'incitement to religious hatred' an offence have overcome another hurdle, as a bid to amend the bill's contents was dismissed. The Evangelical Alliance reported...