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Riazat Butt
UK scientists demand guidelines on teaching of creationism
Sir David Attenborough among those accusing "fundamentalists" of seeking to portray creationism as scientific theory in class
Divisions in Islam
The millions who made the trip to Saudi Arabia this year threw pebbles at vast pillars, shaved their heads and sacrificed animals.
Hotels hajj their bets
Saudi Arabia’s religious tourism industry is booming, with luxury accommodation proving a huge draw for pilgrims, writes <b>Riazat Butt</b>
Gay bishop quits after ‘constant strain’
The rift in the Anglican communion over homosexuality was reopened after its first openly gay bishop resigned.
Emerging world embraces the rigid faith spurned by secular Europe
The Vatican’s view of issues such as abortion, homosexuality and female priests looks increasingly at odds with modern secular realities.
Seeking salvation through science
University and hospital are seen as an attempt by controversial Catholic group Opus Dei to dispel myths and fears. Riazat Butt reports.
Faith 1, charity 0
After weeks of peacemaking over homosexuality, Rowan Williams points the finger of blame at North American churches.
– but Williams kept his flock together
The 2008 Lambeth Conference was held amid an atmosphere of boycotts over the 230 bishops who stayed away- and one who was never invited.
Church accused of manipulating summit over gay clergy
A US bishop has accused his own church of manipulating the Lambeth summit through briefing notes on liberal attitudes towards gay clergy.
Archbishop challenges legitimacy of breakaway faction
The Archbishop of Canterbury this week directly challenged the rebel Anglicans who have launched a breakaway faction within the global communion.
Bishop: ‘Christians must recover nerve’
The West is losing Christian discourse at a time when it needs it most, the bishop of Rochester told a gathering of church leaders in Jerusalem.
Conservatives rule out Anglican reconciliation on gay clergy
There is no hope for a unified Anglican communion because of divisions over homosexual clergy, according to conservative bishops gathering in Israel.
Free love, not war
In a letter addressed to Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders 138 prominent Muslim scholars from every sect of Islam urged them "to come together with us on the common…
Copy right or copy wrong?
Riazat Butt reports on the Kashmiri activist who inspired Islamic Rage Boy
A developer’s Mecca
It is the holiest site in Islam, the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad and the place the world’s Muslim population turns and prays to five times a day. Millions of people make a…