News Focus

KARACHI: Sufi pilgrims defiant despite threats

by - 18th July 2012

Awareness of a concerted global strategy by Saudi-style religionists to destroy folk Islam is growing.  What effect have the Timbuktu bombings had elsewhere?

EGYPT: ‘God is the one who is taking care of me.’

by - 11th July 2012

Already deluged by refugees from across the continent, Cairo’s All Saints Cathedral copes with the worsening situation for migrant women, writes Jenny Taylor

Gay ‘marriage’, polygamy and female inequality: where’s the link?

by - 19th June 2012

Lapido checks out what Islamic and human rights activists are saying about the cultural consequences for the UK if heterosexual marriage is redefined.

UK: Hindu Sewa Day pulls out of government Jubilee initiative

by - 30th May 2012

Selfless performance? Sewa Day Chairman, Arup GangulyInterfaith groups fall out over a few thousand pounds on eve of historic celebration.

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