Tag: Religion
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Relics from Nazi death camp to go on tour
The first ever travelling exhibition of objects from Auschwitz concentration camp has just been announced. The aim: to help fight rising anti-semitism in Europe. But will it be effective?
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Latest Star Wars film expands religious myths
Much of the action in Rogue One takes place on the planet Jedha, a holy land and place of pilgrimage for Jedi Knights. What...
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ExoMars ready to resume search for alien life
European ministers will decide this week whether to invest £350m in a project to put a rover on Mars. ExoMars will search for life on the red planet — so what if life is actually discovered?
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A year after Paris horror, Le Pen also rises
A year ago on Sunday, Islamist terrorists killed 130 people in Paris. Now, after Donald Trump’s win, nationalist leader Marine Le Pen senses a chance to become French president.
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Pope vows to heal 500 years of division
It split Europe in two. It launched wars and strife. But as the 500th anniversary of the Reformation approaches, Pope Francis wants to end the rift between Catholics and Protestants. Can he?
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Outrage as Paris plans its first nudist park
Next year Paris will join a select group of cities that cater to nudists. Stripping down with strangers has become a popular pastime over the past century. Should it ever go mainstream?
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Japanese bank says first Brexit was in 1534
They say Brexit is a step in the dark. But Nomura, a major Japanese bank, claims we have seen it all before 400 years ago. Henry VIII would have recognised the parallels and the dangers.
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta is declared a saint
She gave her life to the poor and yesterday was declared a Catholic saint. Yet to her critics she was ‘Hell’s angel’ and ran a ‘cult of suffering’. Can they be talking about the same woman?
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Orlando attack: gay rights progress in doubt
Last weekend saw the worst hate crime against LGBT people in the West since the Holocaust. Gay people around the world face a struggle for acceptance and tolerance. Is progress slowing down?
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Religion under threat as UK loses belief
A new study says there are more non-believers than Christians in England and Wales for the first time. The pattern is similar elsewhere in the West — so will established religions die out?
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Landmark ‘cultural genocide’ trial begins
A jihadist leader has been charged with razing historic buildings in Mali. This is the first international trial to focus on such a crime. Is it an important milestone, or a waste of time?
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Alarm over growing use of child soldiers
Isa Dare’s role in Daesh’s latest video is a reminder that child recruits are as important to the group as adults. The issue of child soldiers is growing around the world – what can be done?
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Fight for reform as ‘Ain’t No Muslim’ trends
This weekend, a cry that a violent man ‘ain’t no Muslim’ went viral, while prominent Muslims announced their commitment to reforming their faith. Can moderates take ownership of Islam?
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Le Pen success brings fear of bigoted Europe
France’s National Front, a party with an intolerant history, has won the most votes in the first round of local elections. As right-wing movements rise, is Europe succumbing to fascism?
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Cameron plans to launch airstrikes in Syria
First Mali on Friday, then high alert in Brussels all weekend. Now the UK aims to join the fighting in Syria. But Islamic State stands for an idea. Can we destroy an idea with weapons?