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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Attitudes to new academy faith schools
The Academies Act 2010 is well underway, having received its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Monday 19 July, and with Committee days due this week. A number of private and state religious schools have indicated interest in becoming state-funded academies, among about 1500 schools overall so far.
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Jewish Attitudes toward Israel
‘Jews in Britain strongly identify with and support Israel. They are ready to see Israel swap territory for peace and to talk with Hamas if it will advance the cause of peace. At the same time, they are concerned about … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged David Graham, Gaza, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Middle East, Palestinians, West Bank, Zionism
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A Non-Source of Religious Statistics
Government actually collects quite a lot of data pertaining to religion in Britain, but you would not think so if your only evidence was the Annual Abstract of Statistics. The latest (and last) print edition (No. 146 for 2010) was … Continue reading
London Bombings – Five Years On
The fifth anniversary of the London bombings has been marked by a YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper. It was conducted among an online sample of 1,424 adult Britons aged 18 and over on 4-5 July. Headline findings were published … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged 7/7, integration, Islamophobia, London bombings, Muslims, terrorism, The Sun, YouGov
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Gender and the Anglican Episcopate
The Church of England has hit the media headlines again during the past week or so over its continuing internal divisions about the issues of women’s ministry and homosexual clergy. The general public’s reactions to all this have been explored … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged Bishops, Church of England, episcopate, homosexuality, Jeffrey John, women, YouGov
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Salvation Army Finance
The Salvation Army’s UK Territory has just published its annual review for 2009. This includes a summary of the Army’s accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2009, as reflected in its two main trust funds, The Salvation Army … Continue reading
Islamophobia Unveiled
A new opinion poll on British attitudes to Muslim women wearing full face veils was released on 8 July 2010. It is the third to be published this year. It was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on behalf … Continue reading
Religion and Youth
Just out from Ashgate is Religion and Youth, edited by Sylvia Collins-Mayo and Pink Dandelion (ISBN 9780754667681, paperback, £17.99, but also available in hardback and as an e-book). It comprises 27 substantive chapters, mostly fairly short, many originally presented as … Continue reading
Act of Settlement – Reform Postponed
The UK Coalition Government appears to have quietly abandoned plans, mooted by the then Labour Prime Minister (Gordon Brown) in 2009 but also backed by the Liberal Democrats before the general election last May, to reform the Act of Settlement … Continue reading
Posted in Religion in public debate
Tagged Act of Settlement, discrimination, monarchy, Roman Catholics
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“Islamist Terrorism”
Wednesday marks the fifth anniversary of 7/7, the summer’s day in 2005 when four young Muslim male bombers unleashed co-ordinated attacks on London’s public transport system, killing 52 civilians as well as themselves. These were the first suicide-bombings on British … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre for Social Cohesion, Hannah Stuart, Houriya Ahmed, Islamism, Robin Simcox, terrorism
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