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  • July 27, 2011
    Unite against religious violence, says Interfaith Network

    The Interfaith Network in the UK has urged religious groups to unite against violence and prejudice following the murder of 76 people in Norway last week.

  • July 23, 2011
    Norway's warning about xenophobic politics and religion

    The recent horrific terror attacks in Norway seem to have been occasioned in part by the rise of fearful far-right movements which use Christian language as part of their guise. The answer to these should not be accommodation, says Simon Barrow, but an attempt to build robust civic alliances for social justice and against racism and xenophobia.

  • July 23, 2011
    Behind the Norway terror attacks

    At least 92 people were reported dead in Norway, after a bomb blast and shooting spree on 22 July. There has been an outpouring of sympathy across the world for the victims, many of them young, and their families, and horror at this atrocity.

  • July 23, 2011
    Christianity, extremism and Anders Behring Breivik

    Last week few people had heard the name of Anders Behring Breivik. Today he is trending on twitter for all the wrong reasons, along with 'Freemasonry' and 'Christianity'.

  • July 23, 2011
    Right-wing Christian extremist is Norway terror killings suspect

    A right-wing Christian extremist, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, has been charged with bomb and gun terror attacks in Norway yesterday.

  • April 8, 2010
    South African church leaders condemn killing of far-right leader

    South African Christian leaders have condemned the slaying of far-right leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, calling on political leaders to urge restraint amid tensions.

  • March 25, 2010
    UKIP and the BNP - What's the difference?

    UKIP is generally treated as respectable and fairly mainstream, while the BNP is demonised. But is there really much difference between them? I decided to compare their policies and found that they were even more similar than I expected.

  • October 9, 2009
    Jewish Board challenges Tories over links with alleged anti-Semites

    The Board of Deputies of British Jews has written to Tory leader David Cameron “seeking assurances” about the Conservative Party’s links with allegedly anti-Semitic politicians from Poland and Latvia.

  • March 4, 2009
    Williams warns that financial fear can breed xenophobia

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned that the financial crisis could make the UK more vulnerable to political extremism and the rise of parties like the British National Party.

  • March 14, 2008
    Indonesian churches criticise far-right anti-Muslim film

    The Council of Churches in Indonesia has joined calls for a controversial Dutch film about Islam made by far-right politician Geert Wilders not to be shown. In the past he called for the Qur'an to be banned.