FEATURE:
Finding Hope in Dark Times by Margaret Dulaney Read More →

Home / Posts tagged "UK" (Page 4)

UK

How Does Religion Affect the Brexit Vote?


clock icon 23 Jun 2016
author icon Alison Lesley


Uncontrolled entry of immigrants is influencing the vote. The Brexit referendum is the abbreviation of two words “British Exit”. It is meshed with two issues of immigration and economics....

Read more →
Will Tom Cruise Actually Move to the Scientology Manor in the UK?

Will Tom Cruise Actually Move to the Scientology Manor in the UK?


clock icon 08 Apr 2016
author icon C Barnett


DailyMail reports Tom Cruise will be moving into Scientology's Saint Hill Manor headquarters in the UK. On April 6, 2016, the DailyMail UK exclusively reported that Tom Cruise, arguably the most...

Read more →

UK Muslim leader: Take Action Against People Radicalizing Their Own Children

UK Muslim leader: Take Action Against People Radicalizing Their Own Children


clock icon 14 Jul 2015
author icon Alison Lesley


A Muslim leader in the UK demands that Islamist fanatics who radicalize children should be shunned by their communities. Rafiq Hayat, president of the moderate Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Britain,...

Read more →
The Power of Words: Intervention is Needed to Cure Islamophobia

The Power of Words: Intervention is Needed to Cure Islamophobia


clock icon 08 Jul 2015
author icon Nusrat Qadir


via Flickr What is the first word that comes to mind when you hear the word Islam? In a recent British study, the overwhelming answer to this question was terrorism. While some positive terms were...

Read more →

Hidden Faith Crisis: How British Muslims Are Losing Their Faith

Hidden Faith Crisis: How British Muslims Are Losing Their Faith


clock icon 27 May 2015
author icon Alison Lesley


Young British muslims who don't have faith in their religion either opt to be agnostic or atheist. In Britain, much focus has been given to the increasing radicalization of the youth especially after...

Read more →
British Police Issue Apology for How They Handled This Sikh Hate Crime

British Police Issue Apology for How They Handled This Sikh Hate Crime


clock icon 03 Dec 2014
author icon Alison Lesley


The UK Police correct their actions following an incident where a Sikh man's turban was burned by a woman in a racially charged attack. In September 2013, a group of 5 drunken women hailed a taxi...

Read more →

First UK Jewish Comedy Festival Urges Jews to Embrace Their Religious Identity

First UK Jewish Comedy Festival Urges Jews to Embrace Their Religious Identity


clock icon 02 Dec 2014
author icon Krista R. Burdine


London’s JW3 cultural center is presenting the first UK Jewish Comedy Festival, a weeklong tribute to all things humorous and self-deprecating from an Anglo-Jewish perspective. The festival, which...

Read more →
More UK People Believe in Ghosts and Aliens than Believe in God

More UK People Believe in Ghosts and Aliens than Believe in God


clock icon 13 Nov 2014
author icon Alison Lesley


A recent poll conducted by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not in London has revealed that more UK people believe in ghosts and aliens than in God. OnePoll collaborated with Ripley’s Believe It or Not! to carry...

Read more →

Secular 2014 Conference to Focus on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights

Secular 2014 Conference to Focus on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights


clock icon 09 Oct 2014
author icon Alison Lesley


“Secularism is probably the one big issue for our century. This century is not, as many still think, marked by a religious or spiritual revival. What we are actually witnessing is the rise of extreme-Right...

Read more →