News Focus

Faith and feminism: Channel 4 accused of blind spot

by - 6th June 2013

Presenter Clare Balding: Promised to ‘dig deep’. Photo: Phill Fisk, Channel 4Calls for Clare Balding to explain why she ignored the motivation of Emily Wilding Davison, the suffragettes’ first martyr who died 100 years ago this week.

ANALYSIS Non-Muslim women: the unpalatable truth

by - 29th May 2013

Dr Taj Hargey: 'Outright condemnation'Muslims have not reached agreement about the status of ‘unbelievers’ in Britain, but, says Georgina Jardim, a researcher in women’s affairs in Islam, the future safety of young white girls depends on it.

Politics and prejudice: India’s Muslim women face a double whammy over divorce reform

by - 22nd May 2013

Dr Seema Kazi: ‘Clergy too powerful’As divorces by SMS in India increase, activists seem paralysed over political remedies in the run-up to next year’s election.

From Tunisia to Hungary: Lessons in solidarity for the persecuted

by - 8th May 2013

Journalist Lela Gilbert Jews are puzzled by the lack of Christian resolve in the face of persecution, writes the Jerusalem-based co-author of a new book Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christianity.

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