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British MPs’ invite to Indian leader Modi ‘grotesque’, say scholars

by - 28th August 2013

'Wilful ignorance': Labour MP Barry GardinerLEADING academics in the United Kingdom have responded with alarm to British parliamentarians who have invited India’s Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi to address the House of Commons at ‘a future date’.

Egypt: Church burning reveals ugly contest over truth and victimhood

by - 20th August 2013

Copts pray at a burnt-out church in Minya (August 15). Photo: Mina RizkallaLapido talks to all sides and finds chaotic messages that reach neither the street nor the media.

Tibetan self-immolations on the rise as China's assimilation policy backfires spectacularly

by - 14th August 2013

Exiled Tibetan youth in India have regularly held peaceful ralliesSelf-immolation is the strongest possible refusal of subjugation.’ We report on the latest in an agonising trend that is proving catastrophic for Beijing’s international reputation.

Shades of Amin: law regulating public gatherings could affect freedom of worship

by - 8th August 2013

Bishop Zac NiringiyeAll small gatherings will be suspect as Uganda's latest new law draws international disbelief.

Women at work: British achievers confound the theologians

by - 1st August 2013

Heather PayneRESEARCH condemns the church’s failure to take Christian women in secular jobs more seriously

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