Topic: London (England)
Pope thanks Britain for 'vast' security, communications efforts in upcoming visitPope Benedict XVI thanked the British on Wednesday for the "vast amount of work" they have put into his upcoming visit and said he hoped their efforts would pay off. Benedict's Sept. ...
"Follow the Prophet Mohammed, don't follow bin Laden!" That was the message from an anti-terrorism summer camp led by a top scholar which attracted hundreds of young Muslims in Britain this week. Al-Hidayah (The Guidance) was led by Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, who ...
Catholics must pay to attend 2 big events in England during pope's visit in SeptemberCatholics will have to pay as much as 25 pounds ($39) to attend one of the two public events in England to be led by Pope Benedict XVI ...
London's Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift, telling story of pride and prejudiceThey are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips. They're also Jewish — evidence of the 1,000-year history of Jews in Britain, whose ...
Local authorities in London on Wednesday defended plans to build arches described by critics as "hijab gates" at the ends of London's famed multi-cultural Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets council, which is due to consider the plans this week, says the arches will ...
Radical Muslim cleric newly deported to Jamaica says media unfairly demonized himA radical Muslim cleric who served time in a British jail for inciting murder and was recently deported to his native Jamaica said Thursday that he has been unfairly demonized by ...
A Jewish school in London that refused to admit a pupil whose mother was not born into the faith was found to breach race discrimination laws Wednesday in a ruling by the Supreme Court. The nine justices dismissed an appeal by the ...
A far-right Dutch lawmaker who has likened Islam to Nazism visited London on Friday, eight months after being turned away for spreading "hatred and violent messages". Geert Wilders successfully appealed earlier this week against a government ban on entering Britain and upon ...
131-year-old Torah that survived Holocaust finds new life to synagogue a world away in MiamiRabbi Danny Marmorstein uses the Yiddish word "bashert" to describe how a Torah created in 19th-century Eastern Europe survived the Nazi regime in near-perfect condition and landed a ...
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has recommended that non-Muslims take the opportunity of the month of Ramadan to fast, along with their Muslim neighbors, in order to promote "understanding between cultures." Johnson told members of a London mosque that with Muslims ...