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Faith Leaders’ Climate Conference

Faith leaders from across the UK are to meet in Oxford later at a debate to discuss ways to combat climate change.

The Bishop of Oxford, Rt Revd John Pritchard, Imam Monawar Hussain, Rabbi Jeffrey Newman, Avinder J Singh and Dr Rishi Shaunaka will all be present

Terror Suspect unfit for trial

A Pakistani scientist accused of having links to the al-Qaeda leadership has been deemed by US psychiatrists as mentally unfit to stand trial.

They have concluded that Aafia Siddiqui is unable to understand the nature and consequences of court proceedings and cannot assist properly in her defence.

Reuters

High in the Holy Land, a Biblical view of peace

When God ordered Abraham to slaughter a son, the angel of the Lord stepped in at the last minute to stay his hand. Was it a test of faith, or had Abraham's imagination simply run away with him?

Scholars may differ, but to many Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, the story is as real as the airy heights and rocky slopes where Hebrew and Philistine armies clashed in biblical times, and where they live today.

This makes it hard to discuss rationally a resolution of the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel over its occupation of West Bank land since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.