Anti-Semitic hate crime in the UK has hit record levels in the first half of this year, according to reports from a Jewish charity. The Community Security Trust (CST), a group that has tracked and monitored hate crime against the Jewish community for 30 years, say that they received 767 reports of incidents between January and… Read more
It’s Refugee Week in the UK and around the world. It takes place every year either side of World Refugee Day on the 20 June. In Britain, organisers state the week is ‘a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between… Read more
For many Christians, Lent is a time for reflection, prayer and self denial. ‘I’m giving up XYZ for Lent’ is a typical refrain heard during the period, as people abstain from their vices to reflect the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert. In an excellent show of interfaith solidarity, the last few years… Read more
Featured image credit: BBC London is one of the most diverse cities in the world. Different faiths, backgrounds and nationalities are spread equally across the boroughs, giving the capital an identity like few others. Yet this diversity has the capacity to breed its own sense of division. People can become entrenched within their own communities,… Read more
Ramadan donations funded honeybee farms in Pakistan in 2016. Credit: Charity Commission. Last summer, a notoriously unpleasant red-top columnist wrote of his objection to a female Muslim journalist covering the recent Nice terror attack. In an effort to redress the damaging impact of his comment, a woman in Wales tweeted out the kind of information… Read more