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Channel 4 News presenter complains to press watchdog over hijab row
The Channel 4 News presenter Fatima Manji has complained to the press watchdog over comments made by Kelvin MacKenzie in his column for the Sun questioning her suitability to co-present the programme wearing a hijab during the Nice attack.
Hints of shift in government refusal to declare ISIS genocide
The UK government may re-consider its refusal to recognise ISIS atrocities against Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities as genocide.
Church signs promise: catch Pokémon outside, get saved by Jesus inside
The churches have responded to the Pokémon Go craze by reaching out to the sought after teen generation, finding fun and imaginative ways to "compel them to come in".
3 reasons why giving can be spiritually dangerous
Matthew's account of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount contains some of Jesus' most challenging teaching.
Child abuse, the Church and the Goddard inquiry: Why we should all pray it succeeds
The abuse of children by people who ought to be caring for them is the ultimate betrayal.
New exhibition at Durham shows spread of early Christianity in Britain
Durham Cathedral tomorrow opens its doors to a new £3.9 million exhibition telling the history of the 923-year-old building and its 14th century monastic life, with treasures from the past and present.
US cardinal says Islam 'wants to govern the world'
Cardinal Raymond Burke, a Rome-based prelate, said he was not seeking to be "disrespectful" to Islam or to "generate hostility", adding that Muslims "are lovely people" and can speak "in a very peaceful manner about questions of religion."
China bans churches 'to create safe environment' for G20 summit
Chinese authorities have banned churches "to create a safe environment" when world leaders arrive in the eastern city of Hangzhou for the G20 summit in September, according to local reports.
Rabbis oppose Britain's Chief Rabbi in faith schools controversy
Nearly 70 British rabbis have written to the new Education Secretary Justine Greening objecting to the Chief Rabbi's plea for new faith schools to be able to select all pupils on a faith basis.
Counter-extremism plans link conservative religion with violence, warn MPs
The government's current plans to counter-extremism "drives wedges between communities" and is based on based on the flawed assumption that conservative religious views correlate with violence.
Christian woman gives Muslim butcher £1,000 after attack which left him seriously injured
A Christian woman in Bradford gave a Muslim butcher a cheque for £1,000 enclosed in a note about the teachings of Jesus after the butcher suffered serious injuries and the loss of £3,000 when his shop was robbed
Women bishops protestors claim they stand for Christian tradition and the Bible
The two Christian ministers who have objected at services to consecrate women bishops in the Church of Engand have sought to justify their actions to Christian Today.
Pope Francis marries young deaf couple in his private chapel
Teodoro Pisciottani and Paulina Szczepanska, the daughter of a Vatican employee, were married on July 9 in the only wedding service conducted by Pope Francis at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae
Top evangelical leader Tony Perkins backs Trump
Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins, who has up to now held back from declaring his support in the presidential race, last night took to the stage at the Quickens Loan Arena to support the candidate
'This world still brims with glory': It's time to rediscover our sense of hope
The world feels like a pretty dark place right now, and it's up to us to look for signs of hope, says Martin Saunders.
Coptic Church head urges unity in Egypt following sectarian violence
Egyptians must unite in the face of violence, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church said on Thursday.