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Defamation of religion maneouvring at UN will 'silence dissent' says Nazir-Ali

by Staff Reporter - 8th September 2010

Muslims will end ‘one law for all’ in West.

Read Dr Nazir-Ali’s paper here »

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Tribal Indians: Between a rock and a hard place

by Vishal Arora - 30th July 2010

Only the Maoists seem to care about India’s 90million ‘indigenous people’.  Vishal Arora meets one man who’s changing that.

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Orissa persecution victims now face sex-traffickers

by Vishal Arora - 29th July 2010

Crisis worsens for Orissa children – but UNICEF India ‘deny all knowledge’

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Nigerian Archbishop calls on Britain to link aid and justice

by Jenny Taylor - 5th July 2010

Underpants bomber from Kano may not be a one-off’ warns Kwashi

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Not a question of conversion

by Jenny Taylor - 23rd June 2010

The Church has been urged not to be embarrassed or "awkward" about converting others to the Christian faith in a new document published today.

At least that's what many of the reports said.

Except it's not true. The Church of England did no such thing, and the media reaction indicates the gulf between the church and the secular world in which it operates.

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India ignores complaints against ‘paedophile’ godman

by Staff Reporter - 22nd June 2010

Lapido Media stringer Vishal Arora's year-long investigation into the Sathya Sai Baba cult which is the cover story of the June issue of The Caravan monthly reveals that not a single complaint of sex abuse against the guru has been investigated.

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Theology at the heart of Nepal’s constitutional crisis

by David Griffiths - 26th May 2010

This week is crucial for Nepal’s painful emergence as a secular democracy.  But a row over conversion could prove decisive.  David Griffiths reports.

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Islam Channel promotes ‘Wahhabi' attitudes: Quilliam

OFCOM to investigate The Islam Channel for promoting 'intolerance and religious xenophobia'

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EXCLUSIVE: Surrey Muslims boycott social cohesion appointment

by Staff Reporter - 10th March 2010

The embarrassing appointment by Surrey County Council of a member of a ‘heretic’ branch of Islam to a ‘social cohesion’ post indicates the need for greater religious literacy in public affairs, Lapido Media said today.


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Media coverage of the Jos carnage is short on facts

by Fran Hawley - 3rd February 2010

Reports on the recent spate of killings in Jos have highlighted the confusion over the causes of such events in divided Nigeria.

Much of the media puts the clashes in Plateau State down to sectarian conflict quickening under threat of a political vacuum due to the absence of the President, Umara Musa Yar’adua.

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