David Cameron says the UK is a Christian country
But he staunchly defended the role of religion in politics and said the Bible in particular was crucial to British values. "We are a Christian country and we should not be afraid to say so," he told the audience at Christ Church. "Let me be clear: I am not in any way saying that to have another faith - or no faith - is somehow wrong. "I know and fully respect that many people in this country do no
「動物の宗教的な食肉処理」禁じる法案、オランダ下院が可決
［アムステルダム ２８日 ロイター］ オランダ下院（第２院）が２８日、儀式的な動物の食肉処理を禁じる法案を１１６対３０の賛成多数で可決した。法制化には上院（第１院）での可決が必要となるが、宗教の自由が侵害されるとしてイスラム教徒やユダヤ教徒の反発が強まっている。 同法案は、動物愛護を掲げて国会での議席を獲得した欧州で最初の党となる動物愛護党が提出。法案では、家畜を食肉処理する前に失神させることを義務付けており、意識のある家畜を処理するイスラム教やユダヤ教の規定に反する内容となっている。 動物愛護党の党首は採決前の演説で「（意識のある家畜の処理は）動物に不必要な痛みを与える。宗教の自由は無制限というわけにはいかない」とし、「宗教の自由とは、人間や動物に痛みを与える時点で制限されるもの」と主張した。 一方、オランダのイスラム教とユダヤ教のコミュニティーは同法案について、宗教の自由を侵害するとし
Pope Benedict stumped by Japanese girl's question about suffering
Pope Benedict ventured where no pope has gone before on Friday when he answered questions on an Italian television programme – and was stumped by the first. A Japanese girl asked the pope, who, she said, "speaks with God", why she was having to suffer so much as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that had struck her country. "I am very frightened because the house where I felt safe really shoo
Pakistan attack kills Punjab governor
The governor of Pakistan's wealthiest province has been killed by one of his own bodyguards, apparently because he had spoken out against the country's controversial blasphemy laws. In the most high-profile political assassination since the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007, Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was shot nine times at Kohsar market, an upmarket shopping area
Ayodhya verdict: Indian holy site 'to be divided'
A court in India has said that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya should be split between Hindus and Muslims, but both sides plan to appeal. In a majority verdict, judges gave control of the main disputed section, where a mosque was torn down in 1992, to Hindus. Other parts of the site will be controlled by Muslims and a Hindu sect. The destruction of the mosque by Hindu extremists led to widespread
Muslims in America increasingly alienated as hatred grows in Bible belt
Safaa Fathy was as surprised to discover that she is at the heart of a plot against America as she was to hear that her small Tennessee town is a focus of hate in the Muslim world. The diminutive fifty-something physiotherapist, who has lived in Murfreesboro for most of her adult life, happens to be on the board of her town's Islamic centre. Now she finds herself accused of being a front for Islam
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