News Archive
Turkey continues to draw world attention to Somalia
Key words: Turkey, Istambul, Somalia, Turkish charities, malnourished Somali children, Esenler Avicenna Private Hospital, Humanitarian Aid Foundation, Turkish Cooperation, Development Agency, Turkish Airlines, malnutrition, famine, aid organizations.
Text: Archbishop Nichols on ‘Future goals for inter-faith relations’
Key words: UK, England, Wales, Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, Inter-Faith Relations, University of Birmingham, Thanksgiving, Tenth Anniversary, Faith Leaders' Group, Twin Towers, new friendship, trust.
Religious Freedom Still Languishes Worldwide: US State Dept
Key words: Geneva, UN Offices, Religious Freedom, US State Dept, Arab Spring states, UN Assistant Secretary of State, Michael Posner, press conference, faith, Buddhist monk, Burma, religious assembly, Bahai, Iran, employment, education, Falun Gong, China, beliefs.
New Claremont university aims to desegregate religious education
Key words: USA, Claremont Lincoln University, religion, teachings, Claremont School of Theology, Jerry Campbell, religious leaders, September 11, God, teens, Muslim, Schristian, Jewish, Unitarian, South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rassol.
PM has ‘open mind’ on RE in EBacc
Key words: United Kingdom, PM, open mind, EBacc, David Cameron, RE, religious education, Prime Minister, English, maths, science, language, humanities, GCSE, history, geography, education and faith groups, Free School Norwich, Baccalaureate.
Alevi beliefs to feature in Turkish textbooks for new school year
Key words: Turkey, Alevi, Turkish textbooks, new school year, religious education course, beliefs, Labor Minister, Fakur Celik, government`s initiative, Alevism, religious minority, Sunni Islam, cultural and religious rights, Turkish Justice, Development Perty, AK Party.
Kosovo Bans Islamic Headscarf and Religious Instruction in Public Schools
Key words: Serbia, Kosovo, Islamic Headscarf, Religious Instruction, Public Schools, Muslim-majority Kosovo, Ramadan, public schools, parliamentary Assembly of the Republic, Kosovo Constitution, pre-university education, Education Minister, Rame Buja, amendment.
Excluding religious education will impoverish young people
Key words: UK, England, Wales, religious education, young people, English baccalaureate, EBacc, role of faith, world, Department for Education, education select committee, National Association of Teachers of RE, Catholic church, Christian Premier Radio, GCSEs.
Delight As Warwickshire Free School Opens
Key words: UK, Priors School, Warwickshire, free schools, Conservative policy, national curriculum, English, maths, science, religious education, teachign assistants, volunteers, music, French, independent schools, state funding, traditional ethos.
Cornwall’s new RE syllabus begins