Songs of Praise is to remain Christian despite calls for it to be turned it into a multifaith programme, the BBC’s first Muslim head of religion has pledged. Aaqil Ahmed said that it was vital that religious programming promoted “diversity” but insisted that Songs of Praise would always remain Christian.
It does not take a Sherlock Holmes to see a link between the vigour of the voluntary euthanasia movement and panic over care funding.
Sometimes a coincidence is of deeper significance than anything arranged by design. On Monday a coalition of more than 60 charity directors and advisers published a letter in The Daily Telegraph lamenting the failure of the care system to cope with the needs of the increasing elderly population.
This, they argued, “is a challenge which we are failing to meet resulting in terrible examples of abuse and neglect . . . an estimated 800,000 older people are being left without basic care — lonely, isolated and at risk. Others face losing their homes because of soaring care bills”.
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A multifaith Songs of Praise? Not on my watch says BBC religion chief
Songs of Praise is to remain Christian despite calls for it to be turned it into a multifaith programme, the BBC’s first Muslim head of religion has pledged. Aaqil Ahmed said that it was vital that religious programming promoted “diversity” but insisted that Songs of Praise would always remain Christian.
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Money — Not Morals — Fuels The Suicide Lobby
8th January 2012
Dominic Lawson | The Sunday Times
It does not take a Sherlock Holmes to see a link between the vigour of the voluntary euthanasia movement and panic over care funding.
Sometimes a coincidence is of deeper significance than anything arranged by design. On Monday a coalition of more than 60 charity directors and advisers published a letter in The Daily Telegraph lamenting the failure of the care system to cope with the needs of the increasing elderly population.
This, they argued, “is a challenge which we are failing to meet resulting in terrible examples of abuse and neglect . . . an estimated 800,000 older people are being left without basic care — lonely, isolated and at risk. Others face losing their homes because of soaring care bills”.
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