Today the European Court of Human Rights ruled that although a BA staff member, Nadia Eweida, could wear her cross to work, a nurse, Shirley Chaplin could not. Moreover, a sex therapist,…
In January 2011 demonstrations across the Middle East captured the imagination of people around the globe: young, idealistic, and articulate Arabs filled the squares and called for democracy and…
Dr Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s new, democratically-elected President has disarmed his critics with an olive branch: his first appointments will be a Christian and a woman. This is the kind of…
The High Court has ruled that prayer should be banned from meetings of a local council. The decision paves the way for the phasing out of similar traditions in Britain’s…
Is Britain clamping down on freedom of conscience? The latest case involving a clash of religious values vs secular culture is the subject of my blog today for the Daily…
If they were Jews, the international community would call for urgent UN action. But the more than 40 Nigerians killed on Christmas Day were not Jews; they were Christians. The…
41 European laws discriminated against Christians
The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination on Christians in Europe has been kept tragically busy. In a survey out this week they documented 41 laws which have adversely…
The Government is bullying bishops over gay marriage
The David Cameron government is bent on humiliating Church of England bishops. They are foaming…
America’s latest report on religious freedom singles out Belgians’ anti-Muslim laws for censure
“Foremost among the rights Americans hold sacred is the freedom to worship as we choose……
Freedom of belief is freedom from the equality lobby
Trevor Phillips, former Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, is bright, black and…
Jewish women: the Bible’s religious freedom fighters
By Adam LeBor Sex, murder, betrayal: the story of Yael, recounted in the…