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Why it’s time to speak up against Pakistan’s blasphemy law
95 per cent of the country’s population is Muslim, and these laws were hardly ever used until 1986. But when General Zia ul Haq started the process of Islamising the country’s laws, he also added the sentence of life imprisonment for people found guilty of defiling or desecrating the Qur’an and…
Nasir Saeed (CLAAS-UK)
The Nationality and Borders Act: Now a harsh reality
We at the Evangelical Alliance were engaged from the very beginning, producing a written submission to the consultation and select committees, through to meeting with MPs and Peers as the bill passed through parliament. Read our consultation submission here.
Alicia Edmund
Learn more about the FoRB fringe
The culture of any nation is strengthened by civil society groups active in public life. This is especially true in promoting religious freedom or belief. Different faith-based organisations, community groups, and not-for-profit organisations working in this policy area hold local leaders and…
Alicia Edmund
Stories of Hope: addiction recovery
This research, released on 7 June 2022 by the Evangelical Alliance and Serve Scotland highlights the extraordinary efforts that have been made by Christians in Scotland to assist and care for those in addiction, bringing to light the scope of Christian services across Scotland. We note the high…
Stories of Hope: addiction recovery report presented at Scottish parliament
Our research highlights the extraordinary efforts that have been made by Christians in Scotland to assist and care for those in addiction, bringing to light the scope of Christian services across Scotland. With the Scottish government introducing new policy and funding initiatives to tackle the…
James Loney
How to be human in a cost of living crisis
Today, with yet another crisis flooding our newsfeeds, as inflation soars and the cost of living ever-increases, we are once again seeing the poor disproportionately affected. Many of us are feeling the squeeze, reigning in our spending, forgoing luxuries and thinking twice about a longer car…
Jo Frost
“I didn’t expect to survive”: the terrifying reality of being a Christian in northern Nigeria
In that time, thousands of Christians have been killed and many more displaced – the latter frequently ending up in what are referred to as Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Churches, homes and other properties have been destroyed. Christian leaders in Nigeria have repeatedly spoken of…
Kenneth Harrod
Talking Jesus: None of the above
Freya, like most of my friends, is part of a growing group of people who choose to tick the box ‘none of the above’ when asked to describe their religious identity. While this group don’t feel they belong to any of the main religions, they do not understand themselves as agnostic or atheist.…
Donna Jennings
Dance Fever and the freedom fallacy
The meanings of Florence’s songs on the album are hard to pin down, allowing her to explore freedom and death without being pinned down to one meaning. But there is a popular and enduring cultural idea underpinning her body of work: freedom is living your fullest life of self-expression,…
Helen Locke
Time to leave the culture wars behind
Context Fifty years ago, the US Supreme Court in Roe v Wade interpreted the constitution so as to introduce a right to abortion by extending the right to privacy. Last week, a majority opinion in a case called Dobbs v Jackson led to Roe being overturned. The result means that responsibility for…
Dawn McAvoy
Freedom of religion and belief must be a mainstream issue, it cannot be ignored or overlooked
At the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, governments committed to work towards preventing abuse and to promote and protect religious freedom. The event brought together representatives from more than a hundred countries, with many government ministers and…
Danny Webster
Advancing religious freedom must be a priority for global leaders
The UK government should be commended for organising this much needed event, bringing together politicians and civil society from around the world, to highlight issues of persecution on the basis of faith. It was especially encouraging to see the focus on the plight of women and girls, who are…
Janet Epp Buckingham
Intercession is not complicated
So often we can be praying for something without really believing that the Lord can change the circumstances dramatically. We can easily give up praying because we feel weary, believe it’s never going to happen or even stop caring. Moody loved his friends so much that he kept on praying again and…
Gavin Calver
Finding the delight in prayer
How did the Prayer Shield initiative come about? I was spending a quiet day and the idea just popped into my mind to raise prayer around the nation and for the nation in a very simple way: a two-minute prayer every single day, and another minute or so declaring the word over the nation. If that was…
Jemimah Wright
The next Prime Minister must restore trust in public life
Following the announcement that Boris Johnson is stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party, the race is on for his replacement, both as party leader and as Prime Minister. Twelve candidates initially announced that they were putting themselves forward for the position. But the speed of the…
Danny Webster
