An investigation by BBC Panorama has found women in Britain are being put at risk by some Sharia councils. The programme shows Dr Suhaib Hasan, an Islamic scholar at Leyton Islamic Sharia Council telling an undercover reporter that she should only report domestic abuse to the police “as a last resort”.
An Easter programme broadcast by the BBC has been accused of sexualising Jesus Christ — George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, says that redefining marriage is part of an “aggressive secularist and relativist approach” — Britain’s leading expert on family law, Baroness Butler-Sloss, says redefining marriage will destroy its meaning — Film star and gay rights activist Sir Ian McKellen has said he is unlikely to want a gay marriage for himself — A Liberal Democrat MP who wants a complete ban on smacking has narrowly failed to convince his party in Scotland to adopt the policy — The Deputy Children’s Commissioner for England says there should be “huge moral anxiety” about the impact of internet pornography on children — And a new ICM poll for the Church of England has found that four out of five British adults still believe in the power of prayer.