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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Aleem Maqbool

    Archbishop withdraws award from Muslim cleric who praised Bin Laden (opens the original)

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    The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an award given to a Muslim cleric who praised Osama Bin Laden. Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi received the award for reconciliation and interfaith cooperation from Dame Sarah Mullally last week, on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Lambeth Palace faced a backlash after it emerged Ashrafi praised Bin Laden - the architect of the 2001 attacks - as someone who had "been fighting for Islam against the Russians, Americans and British", in comme

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Aleem Maqbool

    Government to end ban on Catholic and Jewish PMs' involvement in Church appointments (opens the original)

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    The government has introduced a bill to end antiquated laws preventing Roman Catholic or Jewish prime ministers from being involved in the process of making Church of England appointments. It was among the first pieces of legislation to be introduced to Parliament under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, himself a Catholic, who has called the current laws "unacceptable". When appointing bishops and archbishops, the Church presents a candidate to the prime minister who then advises the monarch on who t

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Aleem Maqbool

    Slavery reparations: Why Ghana is leading the demand for compensation (opens the original)

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    This year has seen a dramatic change in tone in the global conversation about the transatlantic slave trade. The demand for formal apologies, debt relief and financial compensation from nations and institutions that benefited from slavery has become increasingly forceful. In March, a resolution was passed at the United Nations recognising slavery as "the greatest crime against humanity" - though the United States voted against the resolution and every European nation abstained from the vote. The

  4. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Aleem Maqbool

    Archbishop of Canterbury committed to £100m slavery fund (opens the original)

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    The Archbishop of Canterbury has renewed her commitment to a controversial £100m fund over the Church of England's role in the transatlantic slave trade. Dame Sarah Mullally was speaking on a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana where enslaved Africans were held before being trafficked to the Americas. She said touring the castle made her reflect on the crimes committed by the institution she leads. "We played a part in the transatlantic slave trade. That is clear. Part of the Christian belief in

  5. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Aleem Maqbool

    David Willey, esteemed BBC Vatican correspondent, dies aged 93 (opens the original)

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    David Willey, who served as a BBC foreign correspondent for more than half a century, has died aged 93. He reported from Algeria, Vietnam and China, but is best known for his time in Rome as the BBC's Vatican correspondent, where he covered the papacies of five popes. Widely regarded as one of the most experienced journalistic voices on the Vatican, Willey wrote a book on Pope Francis and was awarded an OBE for services to broadcast journalism. He was still working well into his nineties - last

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