Media Watch
St Mary's Catholic College turns away Muslim teacher wearing veil
2 Jul - Times Online
Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum
2 Jul - The Age
School tells girl to remove cross despite allowing Sikh bangles
2 Jul - Telegraph.co.uk
Indian court rules gay sex legal
2 Jul - The Age
Forced marriage plea to schools
2 Jul - BBC news
Muslim NHS dentist 'tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress'
2 Jul - Telegraph.co.uk
No 'carte blanche' to pray for patients
2 Jul - Times Online
Inside Britain's first Hindu state-funded faith school
21 Jun - The Independent
Polish engineer's refusal to convert costs him his life
30 Jun - Hindustan Times
Dozens of sharia courts are giving illegal advice, claims Civitas report
30 Jun - Guardian.co.uk
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Latest News
In the grip of shame and ‘honour’
23rd June 2009
Hannah Shah suffered years of horrific abuse from her imam father. In this exclusive and moving article, she explains why she doesn’t want him locked up.
So this is sharia
19th June 2009
Police were called to a debate in London on ‘Shariah Law’ after violence erupted over segregation.
India election analysis: Hindu nationalism loses its appeal
22nd May 2009
Terrible showing for BJP in Orissa, as Indian politics comes of age.
Europe’s Long March from Freedom
20th April 2009
As NATO bows to Turkey over Rasmussen’s appointment, Western governments indicate willingness to compromise free journalism.
Megamosque sect split over plans
14th April 2009
Leadership at loggerheads over ambitious Newham site, reports Jenny Taylor.
Violence-torn Kandhamal braces for divisive elections
14th April 2009
BJP candidates both in gaol as Orissa administration tightens grip on anti-Christian violence.
Violence cripples Hindu nationalist election hopes
17th March 2009
Persecution of Christians in Orissa has backfired for the BJP.
“Media’s religious ignorance is exposing us to terror”
24th February 2009
American media critic hits at UK journalists at launch of Blind Spot in London today.
Fundamentalism’s resurgence in India
17th February 2009
The Hindu nationalist movement is entering a dangerous phase, says Vishal Arora.
Right to debate Qur'an snuffed out
13th February 2009
UK Muslim and US missionary jointly condemn government minister Vaz over ban on film he didn't see.
Watch Newsnight discussion here »
Catholic leader denounces India’s government over Orissa
19th January 2009
Evidence of weapons stockpiling is growing in advance of April’s elections.
Where kindness incites the Hindu killers
14th January 2009
A hospital that has been declared ‘the next prime target’ in the violence against Christians in Orissa State, India, is continuing with an eye camp – under armed guard.
‘Protect minorities or quit’, top judges tell Orissa Government
6th January 2009
India’s Supreme Court on Monday (January 5) surprised the country with its unprecedented request to the Orissa government to resign if it could not protect Christians.
Urgent need for religious literacy training for public services
2nd December 2008
Lapido Media has today called for frontline public service staff to undergo religion-awareness training.
Archbishop tells government: Don’t impose solutions
17th November 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury warned against ‘top down solutions’ when he opened the country’s first joint government and Anglican-funded Children’s Centre in inner-city Birmingham at the weekend.
‘Church of England is selling its soul’
21st October 2008
Lady Sainsbury will today demand answers to London Diocesan ‘failures’ that have put cash before community over a Mayfair church.
The role of religious illiteracy in the clash of values
13th October 2008
Religion is the heart of all culture and the future depends on a more religiously literate élite, Taylor tells Swiss symposium.
Militant Hindu youth wing faces ban
13th October 2008
Angry appeal to India’s President to end inaction over violence
22nd September 2008
Delhi churches hand in petition to President Patil, as Indian business diaspora prays for the nation.
New religion regulations protect anti-abortion stance
8th September 2008
Christian Persecution in India Escalates
1st September 2008
All 45,000 Christian educational institutions close in protest.
UPDATED - 9th September 2008: EXCLUSIVE: Professor Prabhu Guptara on exiting India’s caste-based system: ‘Just two years to reverse the rot.’ »
Appeal launched to aid victims in Orissa and Bihar:
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Persecution Index 11: Orissa - Ruth Gledhill »
British women who paid dearly for not registering their marriages
12th August 2008
UPDATE - 15th August 2008: Read Soraya’s Story »
New model Muslim marriage contract ‘revolutionary’ for UK women
‘Shariah Law by the back door’ says barrister
8th August 2008
US verdict on Lambeth: “just more talk”
1st August 2008
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Treasonable prayer
The BBC and the Pope
Taking tea with the Tablighi Jama’at
Refugee camps in India’s nuclear age
‘Real India’ – Way to go
Free Speech R.I.P.
Rebranding religion
Rudeboy tactics and evangelism
Undercover mosque: How did police get it so wrong?
Fitna: not for mice
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Featured Publications
God is Back
The very things that were supposed to destroy religion — democracy and markets, technology and reason — are combining to make it stronger.
The Imam’s Daughter
Hannah Shah had been raped by her father and faced a forced marriage. She fled, became a Christian and now fears for her life. In Britain.
Blind Spot
"It's not often that I let out a whoop of joy when I read a book…this is the book I – and my students – have been waiting for.”
Ari Goldman, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Author of The Search for God at Harvard
Religious Intelligence
Since the events of 9/11 it has become increasingly evident that it is impossible to regard religion as a matter of personal belief alone and ban it from the public sphere.
Religious Literacy
“US ambassadors to Muslim-majority countries don’t have to have any training in Islam. That is not only foolhardy, it is dangerous.” - Stephen Prothero.
A Wild Constraint
Read Jenny Taylor’s essay ‘The Church’s Turn against Chastity’ from her forthcoming book A Wild Constraint: The Case for Chastity to be published by Continuum on 1 November.
Crimes of the Community
A devastating report on the rise of "honour-based" violence against women from immigrant communities in the UK. It is devastating not just because it reveals the complicity of some "community leaders" in killings, attempted murder and beatings, but also because its sources are so authoritative...
Young, British and Muslim
'A most important book on British Muslims. It explodes many contemporary stereotypes to reveal a picture which is far more complex than is often supposed. It shines a light onto both new areas of menace and new avenues of hope. Every politician and policy-maker should read it.'
Paul Vallely, The Independent
Downloadable Publications
Ethics in Brief
‘Women have borne the brunt of our failed multi-culturalism’, argues Jenny Taylor in Ethics in Brief Spring 2008 issue
Christianity or Occult?
As cases of kindoki or ‘child witch’ abuse re-surface in Britain, a new downloadable report brings together material by leading African and English scholars from a recent symposium that throws light on some of the allegations.