Swedes went to the polls earlier today (Sunday) for an election quite unlike anything we’ve ever seen in the United Kingdom – the election of officials for their church. Most Swedes are technically members of the Church of Sweden, in fact 5.6 million people (of a population of just over […]

From the Daily Mail: Judge Anthony Goldstaub QC sentenced Stuart Wood for seven years for the attack, then told him: ‘You have turned to Islam and this promises well for your future, particularly as you are now an adherent of a religion which respects women and self-discipline.’ Obviously the religion […]

Further signs of a slippery slope in Ireland, where a proposed new law could do all sorts of fun things (in a bad way) to the Irish courts system. The lawyers are going to have a field day. We read that: “The Irish government plans to bring into force a […]

Okay, sorry, it’s a bad pun on a line from a so-so song, but now it has a scary ring of reality imitating art. Reality TV has hit a new worrying level.A new Turkish reality television show on the minor ‘Channel T’ called “Tövbekarlar yarisiyor” or “Penitents Compete” has rabbis, […]

There is an old saying “Opportunity Only Knocks Once…If There Are Two Knocks It’s A Jehovah’s Witness”. If you’ve already got the current Watchtower then there is no point heading to the international congress of Jehovah’s Witnesses at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium this weekend. Bernd Gsell, a spokesman for Austrian […]

It is easy to make the mistake these days of thinking that the current clash of civilisations and religions is between a mixture of Christanity and secularism on one side and extremist Islam on the other. There are other places where freedom is a pipe-dream. We learn today via Associate […]

There are times when you have just got to know when to keep your mouth shut. Like when the Sergeant-Major asks for volunteers or McDoom is looking for replacement ministers. In a classic example of how not to do it, a Saudi man has been arrested for boasting about his […]

Whilst it is disgraceful that Her Majesty was not invited to the commemorations in Normandy to honour the heroes of “Obama Beach”, it is interesting to note one fact-ette. The Queen is constantly being referred to as the only current head of state who was in uniform and served during […]

From the always-odd Austrian Times we see: “Church leaders are spending 100,000 GBP moving a chapel half a mile – so it doesn’t offend Muslims. The Orthodox church was built on the site of a derelict mosque in Divic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and is being taken away to improve relations with local […]

TheEye tends to avoid religious issues but this blog has military and political interests so this Parliamentary question is very relevant here. Baroness Warsi, Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action, has asked a question of the Government: “To ask Her Majesty’s Government what religions and faiths are recognised […]