News Focus

Theology at the heart of Nepal’s constitutional crisis

by - 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.

Islam Channel promotes ‘Wahhabi' attitudes: Quilliam

by - 21st April 2010

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

EXCLUSIVE: Surrey Muslims boycott social cohesion appointment

by - 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.

Media coverage of the Jos carnage is short on facts

by - 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.

EU cancels Orissa trip

by - 29th January 2010

An EU delegation's humanitarian visit to Orissa has been scrapped after an access dispute with the federal government.

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