Pilgrimage, review: this batch of faith-finding celebs were nice – but where was the interrogation?
So far, Pilgrimage (BBC Two) has sent mismatched bands of celebrities on the long road to religious enlightenment in Santiago, Rome and Istanbul. Now it’s back, and this…
US Republican forced to drop re-election bid after affair with jihadist’s widow
Pregnant with Georgelas’s fourth child, she left with him for Syria in 2013. She escaped with their three sons after just three weeks. Ms Joya then relocated…
Hijab classroom ban stokes tensions in India
The South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020 found that India has become a “dangerous and violent space for Muslim minorities” since the Modi government introduced amendments…
Malala condemns ‘horrifying’ hijab school ban following violent clashes in India
Malala has condemned a “horrifying” ban on female students wearing the hijab to school in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, as schools there shut for three…
Vandals attack sculpture of Algerian resistance fighter commissioned by Emmanuel Macron
A sculpture dedicated to an Algerian resistance fighter was vandalized just hours before it was unveiled in France at the weekend, amid a presidential campaign charged with…
‘Afghanistan in France?’ Inside the town at the centre of a political controversy
Pascal Delmas, 40, who runs an antiques shop with his 32-year-old Chinese wife, Shaoping, said he could vouch for the shopkeepers singled out in the film, calling…
Cabinet ministers demand ‘proper’ investigation into Nusrat Ghani Islamophobia claims
A series of senior Tory backbenchers voiced their support for her, including Tom Tugendhat and Steve Baker. Caroline Nokes, chair of the Commons women and equalities committee,…
Nusrat Ghani hits back at Boris Johnson amid Islamophobia row, claiming he said he ‘could not get involved’
She concluded: “I have many things that I want to achieve in politics, not least my campaigns on human rights and genocide, and I am deeply disappointed…
Church closures hollow out Britain
Churches have always been closed down when they are deemed no longer to be supported by local people. Formal procedures governed by Church law have seen parishes…