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May 31, 2020

Call for a Day of Mourning and Lament for US COVID-19 deaths

After 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, US faith leaders and Mayors have called for a Day of Mourning and Lament on 1 June 2020.
September 3, 2019

Jewish congregations oppose death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

Members of the two Synagogues targeted in the worst anti-Semitic shooting in US history are asking that the killer be spared the death penalty.
March 18, 2019

Muslim Council of Britain calls on Government to fund security of mosques

Hate crime against Muslims represents the majority of religiously based hate crime.
February 13, 2019

Warning of increased bullying if LGBT guidance for schools is diluted

More than 50 religion and belief leaders, educationists, and LGBT rights advocates have signed an open letter urging the Secretary of State for Education not to dilute draft guidance for independent schools on teaching respect for LGBT people.
November 26, 2018

Almost a quarter of private faith schools rated inadequate

Almost a quarter of private faith schools rated inadequate at their last inspection, compared with nine per cent for other schools.
September 17, 2018

Consultation explores relationship between interreligious dialogue and liberation

An interreligious consultation on ‘Interreligious Dialogue and Liberation’ jointly organised by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Council for World Mission, Singapore has explored the promise and possibilities inherent in integrating liberationist concerns to interreligious dialogue
September 8, 2018

Australia's faith leaders condemn indefinite detention of refugees

Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders in Australia have issued a joint statement denouncing Australia's indefinite detention of refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus.
January 18, 2018

WCC says Jerusalem's future 'must be a shared one'

General Secretary of the World Council of Churches says, “The future of Jerusalem must be a shared one. It cannot be the exclusive possession of one faith over against the others, or of one people over against the other.
January 25, 2015

URC expresses concern for Jewish and Muslim communities

Senior figures in the United Reformed Church (URC) have expressed solidarity with minority communities feeling vulnerable.
January 27, 2014

Holocaust Memorial Day: journeys of despair and hope

Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the liberation of prisoners from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the Nazi death machine generally, as well as earlier and more recent genocides across the world, is being observed in Britain today (27 January 2014).