Germany’s best-known woman bishop has announced that she is filing for divorce from her husband of 26 years. Margot Kässmann, who is Bishop of the state of Hanover, and was appointed Germany’s youngest bishop eight years ago at the age of 40, issued a terse announcement on Thursday to confirm that she has filed for divorce from her husband, also a protestant clergyman, Pastor Eckhard Kässmann. Her announcement was followed by a declaration of support from the church “senat” (synod) of Hanover.

A guide to Christian-Muslim etiquette published by the Christian Muslim Forum says that Christians who wear crucifixes are not trying to score points, but neither are Muslims who refuse to shake hands with the opposite sex.

The Little Mosque on the Prairie, a television comedy about the challenges of Muslim-Christian coexistence in rural Canada, is to be broadcast from July in France and Switzerland.

The Malaysian premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has called on the next British Prime Minister to “listen more” to leaders of the Arab and Muslim world on the way to resolve conflict in the Middle East. He commented: “These problems . . . need to be resolved immediately in amicable solutions . . . Military options should be ruled out.”

Producers of the children’s show Sesame Street are giving a programme-themed education pack to nursery and school-age children in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. “We don’t expect the world to live in peace because of Sesame Street . . . but we can contribute to a culture of peaceful conflict resolution,” said Gary Knell, the president of Sesame Workshop.