Religion
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Shaken US expats advised to ‘vary routines and schedules’ as UAE continues investigation into stabbing murder by veiled woman who planted bomb
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Letters: It’s not only Jews who suffer from stereotyping: there are many generalisations about different cultures
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Government of Andalusia says Diocese of Córdoba is ignoring site’s history as a place of worship for Muslims and Christians
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Greater Manchester’s Sir Peter Fahy says it is not the police’s job to define what counts as extremism
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Under rules of US-managed and French-financed fund victims transported by French rail during Holocaust and their descendants entitled to up to $100k
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From Bruegel to Botticelli, Laura Cumming chooses her favourite depictions of the Christmas story
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Woman known as Shishy cries as she tells royal commission how her abuse became more violent as the children in NSW compound grew older
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Former lead singer of band Vital Signs and founder of fashion firm issues apology over remarks made in talk to small group
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Planned shareholder resolution is a ‘vital opportunity to influence companies’ climate change strategy’, says investment chief
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Economy minister says discovery means city-state’s finances are in better shape than previously believed
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Islamic finance is widely misunderstood but its core principles could provide a blueprint for a sustainable global economy
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Woman tells abuse inquiry yoga guru Satyananda Saraswati subjected her to violent sexual acts but she didn’t speak up because she would have been branded a criminal
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Pontiff is said to have dismissed commander Daniel Anrig after becoming unhappy with order’s gruelling shifts and strict rules
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Politician and businessman who became one of the first Conservatives to be elected to the European parliament
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Royal commission told how children were sent on patrols at Mangrove Mountain ashram to find people having sex
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David Baddiel: Malky Mackay, Dave Whelan and Mario Balotelli are all culpable – but so are apologists on the left
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Hugh Muir: Fifty years ago Britain saw the best of Martin Luther King: the spellbinding preacher commanding a packed St Paul’s Cathedral. What was King’s impact on Britain’s own emerging fight for racial equality?
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Religious leaders gather at the Vatican to commit to working together for the eradication of slavery by 2020
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US supreme court disappoints the estate of a Michigan woman who died after a kidney transplant and an Iowa corn processing plant by letting judgments stand
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Hugh Muir: Now the government is insisting schools in England teach pupils about the law of the land. Another case of teachers having to step in to a role that parents should fulfil
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Pontiff wraps up Turkey visit by addressing plight of Christians in Syria and iraq and calls for ‘constructive dialogue’ with Islam
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As Ridley Scott prepares to release another blockbuster based on the exodus, the row has reignited the debate over whether Judaism’s historical saviour actually existed
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Pope treads carefully in footsteps of predecessor in ‘moment of silent adoration’ to mark religious cooperation during Turkey visit
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Ridley Scott’s 3D Moses biopic is very long, very camp and very grim. But one thing it isn’t is offensive – unless you mean the panpipes
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People celebrating the Hindu festival of Gadhimai in Bariyarpur, Nepal, on Friday slaughter buffalo, goats and birds in a traditional giving-of-thanks
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Pontiff calls for greater tolerance on visit to Turkey’s President Erdoğan, who has been criticised for authoritarian policies
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Letters: Time was when to be called a grandmother, an elder, was a mark of respect for the wisdom and experience that came with age
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Thousands of buffaloes, goats and birds killed at Gadhimai festival, Bariyarpur, as act of gratitude to Hindu goddess
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Giles Fraser: Loose canon: The scriptures insist that Jews and non-Jews are to be subject to the same laws. We need to heed this message
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Andrew Brown: Just like the Bible, the Qur’an contains the material for a violent political message. But it is only a dangerous book if we can’t discuss that
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Paul Handley: Retailers hijack all Christian festivals. At least this shopping bonanza unashamedly worships consumerism
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From the Guardian archive From the archive, 28 November 1929: Church stance on birth control challenged
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 28 November 1929: Professor at Imperial College believes a reconciliation between science and the Church is absolutely essential to the future of civilisation
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New guidance from government hardens language on teaching of social development and is likely to draw criticism from faith schools
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The pontiff’s remarks were interpreted by some as bringing ‘hope of salvation … to animals and the whole of creation’
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Loose canon The whole point of Christianity is to create a deeper form of humanism