Media Watch
Call for probe into police after apology to Channel 4
16 May - The Birmingham Post
Town Halls should map race and religion to identify 'tension hotspots', says Hazel Blears
15 May - Daily Mail
Police and CPS apologise to programme makers
15 May - The Guadian
Could I stop being a Muslim?
15 May - BBC Radio 4
Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour
8 May - The Times
'Caste wall' is partly demolished
6 May - BBC News
Teenage Iraqi girl who fell in love with BRITISH soldier in Basra is murdered by her own father in honour killing
29 Apr - Evening Standard
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Lebanese leaders face hurdles at tense Qatar talks
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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai will not return home Saturday
Myanmar death toll soars, diplomats tour delta
UK condemns Myanmar's cyclone response as "inhuman"
Job Vacancies
Part-Time Admin/Research
Lapido Media is seeking a p/t Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director to start work in the New Year. Book-keeping and some research experience essential. £17–19,000 pro rata.
Interns
If you’d like to get involved, and feel you have something to offer, we would be pleased to hear from you. There are lots of opportunities, ranging from helping develop our new training course in apologetics and the history of human rights, to identifying and researching stories for the media.
C. J., 33, an Islamics MA candidate from Canada, who read history for her first degree, is on a study break in UK. She joined us recently after participating in a workshop on the media and freedom of religion in Britain.
‘I volunteered because I wanted to get more of a handle on the big religious ideas that are shaping the world today. I’m grateful for the opportunity I have to be part of what Lapido Media is innovating.’
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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.
Featured Publications
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
Conviction and Conflict
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali sets out fundamental guidelines on the role of religion in society and its relationship to nationalism, ideology and political institutions, and examines Christian-Muslim dialogue with particular relationship to the rise of Arab, Indian and Turkish nationalism.
Not for Sale
This is a must read for all those seeking to understand the issues surrounding sexual exploitation and abuse in our society today - the human cost of UK prostitution today and the scourge of trafficking for sexual exploitation exposed to our senses as never before.
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