Blog posts tagged "Religion"

February 3, 2010 11:24 am 52 Comments

Equality laws should protect the people, not our religious institutions, blogs Jon Snow.

February 1, 2010 12:08 pm 21 Comments

Do we ignore the dangers inherent in hysterical fundamentalism in all faiths at our peril? Jon Snow asks why religious fundamentalism is developing a stranglehold on societies across the world.

May 7, 2009 4:01 pm No Comments

On Tuesday I blogged about my visit to a Muslim girls’ school in north London. Can you spot me?

April 29, 2009 11:29 am No Comments

The collapse of the case against the alleged 7/7 bomb accomplices coincided with a meeting I attended yesterday of community leaders. The Muslims amongst them were warning that relations are becoming very strained, and they fear that government policy – in particular, the continued existence of the Prevent programme – is radicalising many young Muslims.

March 17, 2009 6:42 pm No Comments

The Pope’s remarks outlawing condoms yet again, this time in a sermon delivered in Yaounde, Cameroon, call to mind an eerie experience we had on this programme next to a swimming pool in Kampala back in 2005.

January 22, 2009 3:28 pm No Comments

Landing at Heathrow this morning, well slept on my BA flight from Washington, I suddenly recall an experience I had last week coming in from Jerusalem. I had been there for tonight’s Dispatches (Gaza Unseen at 11pm tonight, Channel 4). This is the mental blog I made at the time - Strangely, these days a [...]