Monthly Archives: February 2015

  Some time ago, Occupy Faith UK (OFUK) employed someone to write all our gags. As serious people engaged in serious work, we felt it would dilute our mission to dedicate any of our scant emotional and intellectual resources to … Continue reading →

From “The Freethinker Magazine”: http://freethinker.co.uk/2014/12/31/abuse-c-of-e-is-dodging-the-issue/ Victims of abuse of religious power and clergy sexual abuse have sent a New Year’s Message to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, above, calling for an end to the bullying and silencing of those … Continue reading →

Panel debate on abuse of religious power and clergy sexual abuse, taking place on 18 November 2014 in the House of Commons. The speakers are Baroness Caroline Cox, Danny Sullivan of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission, David Greenwood of Switalskis … Continue reading →

Activist groups campaigning around sexual misconduct and misuse of power in churches and religious institutions, have criticised the Church of England for allegedly attempting to bully and disrupt a public discussion about clergy abuse. Campaigners, including Minister and Clergy Sexual … Continue reading →

A film by Revd Kevin Snyman, United Reformed Church minister and Chaplain of Occupy. The interfaith movement in the UK faces many challenges. Some of its representative bodies face allegations of collusion with unrepresentative, right wing, extremist groups; some are … Continue reading →

Dear IFN Co-Chairs, Executive Committee and IFN Member Bodies, I am writing as Chair of the Interfaith Alliance UK, a member body of the Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom (IFN). My colleague, Satish Sharma from the National Council … Continue reading →

  Portsoken Election Wardmote on 19 March 2014 in City of London, with William Campbell-Taylor (William Taylor), Labour Party, who is Fr William Taylor star of the “The UK Gold” film by Mark Donne, speaking alongside Independent candidates, Muhammad Al-Hussaini, … Continue reading →

We as Occupy spent some shivering months on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral challenging the brutal and faithless legacy of the Thatcherite economy.  There is thus an irony in that same “People’s Cathedral” being the locus of the ceremonial … Continue reading →

Occupy Faith UK (Interfaith Alliance UK) in its Chair and Board of Trustees unanimously and officially opposes the illegal religious discrimination by the Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom (IFN), against the Druid Community – speaking as we do, … Continue reading →

On Saturday 24 November 2012, as part of Inter Faith Week 2012, and in partnership St Paul’s Cathedral, and sister interfaith organisations, the Christian Muslim Council and Faith in Music, as well as St Michael and All Angels Church, Hackney, … Continue reading →