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Islamic integration in Europe: only for the elites?

‘The argument for restrictions on immigration seems to be winning publics but not the political consensus’. ... Read Full Article

London’s illegal mosque must be destroyed, says High Court

A Muslim religious group has 28 days to appeal yet again a decision to have their illegal mosque near the UK’s former Olympic village demolished, despite twenty years of non-compliance. ... Read Full Article

‘Religious practices will trigger Ebola’, activists warn.

The awesome spectre of another Ebola epidemic haunts Sierra Leone, as villagers revert to traditional burial rituals. ... Read Full Article

JENNY is a journalist, Bloomsbury author and campaigner who pioneered religious literacy in journalism, founding Lapido Media in 2005. An online newspaper and publishing house, it helped to change the national secular discourse by providing resources for journalists needing to ‘get religion’ in an age of globalization. Widely travelled, Taylor has a doctorate in religion from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has been published many times in academic journals and the mainstream and on-line media including the Guardian, the Times and, in translation, the European press. Her books include Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in ‘Secular’ Britain with Lesslie Newbigin and Lamin Sanneh (SPCK 1998 and Wipf&Stock 2005) and A Wild Constraint (Continuum 2008). An Associate of the Community of St Mary the Virgin, she lives in community in London and Suffolk.