Lockdown community spirit could help tackle Islamophobia Active steps are needed to retain and build...
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Read MoreWorkers suspended from ropes will be lowered into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames to begin the delicate job of dismantling the 200 tons of metal. The work will start on Monday and last through the summer months, according to the office overseeing the […]
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Read MoreA doctor and a father of three girls will be tried in an Egyptian criminal court over claims of female genital mutilation (FGM) surgery, a rights lawyer said. Reda el-Danbouki, executive director of the Women’s Centre for Guidance and Legal Awareness in Cairo, said the procedures took place last week in the district of Juhaynah […]
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Read MoreMonotheism means the indivisibility of God. This is not just the basis of Jewish theology, but of universal humanity. When the Torah, in chapter one, teaches that every human being is created in God’s image, it leaves no place for the notion of ‘children of a lesser God’. There exists no one who doesn’t matter, […]
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Read MoreThe German suspect in the Madeleine McCann case allegedly confessed to her abduction on the 10th anniversary of her disappearance in 2017, according to reports. The Sun newspaper claimed that the man admitted to a friend he had “snatched” the young girl as they drank in a German bar. The suspect reportedly shared the revelation […]
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Read MoreBlack, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people were nearly 50% more likely than white people to be arrested in London using coronavirus laws, new figures suggest. The total number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) handed out by the Metropolitan Police between March 27 and May 14 was almost a fifth higher for those from non-white […]
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Read MoreChief constables from across the UK have issued a joint statement saying they “stand alongside all those across the globe who are appalled and horrified by the way George Floyd lost his life”. They have also urged people who want to make their voices heard to be aware that “coronavirus remains a deadly disease and […]
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Read MoreCoronavirus has infected more than six million people across the world and killed more than 370,000, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Here are the latest updates on the pandemic from around the world: INDONESIA Indonesia’s government has decided not to participate in this year’s hajj pilgrimage because of the coronavirus outbreak, […]
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Read MoreThe wife of a BBC DJ has told a court she had racist abuse repeatedly “screamed” at her by her husband’s accused stalker at their home. Sarah Jayne Rook, 43, is accused of subjecting DJ Gilles Peterson and his family to a campaign of harassment in February and March of this year. Mr Peterson, 55, […]
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