Religion

Hope Is Around The Corner

Bristol Patriots ‘unity march’ is a sham. We need to come out to oppose it

The far-right group’s latest demo claims to be about ‘religious unity’ but excludes Muslims. Bristol won’t fall for that

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Edition 41

A wooden sign reading welcome in English and other languages hanging on a brick wall.

Easton Family Christian Centre: A sacred space reimagined

Begonya Miranda
Begonya Miranda

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

This image features the logo and title for Bristol Unpacked, a podcast presented by The Bristol Cable. It includes stylized illustrations of host Neil Maggs and this week's guest, Rizwan Ahmed of Bristol Muslim Cultural Society in yellow circles against a grey abstract background.

Listen: Bristol Unpacked – mythbusting Islam and Islamophobia with Rizwan Ahmed

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Alex Turner, Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media and George Colwey

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Bristol Cathedral’s city chaplain Phil Nott, a reverend on a mission for social justice

Reverend Nott does not fit the stereotypical image of an Anglican priest. How can this LGBTQ+ ally, and outspoken voice on the Church's historical role in racism and injustice, work with an institution steeped in conservatism? 

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Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey

Coping with Covid

A Ramadan like no other in coronavirus Bristol

Fatima Hudoon
Fatima Hudoon

Photography

Photos: The faces of Bristol’s Grand Iftar

Samar Khan

Voices

Hip Hop Hijabis: “Muslim chick with an itch to spit skits”

Bristolian Muslim rappers Sukina Douglas and Tanya Muneera Williams are “proud to be from a place of resistance.”

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee and Eliza Lomas

City

A helping hand or an iron fist?

Muslim Bristolians on the Prevent policy

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee

Bristol and Beyond

Why you should know about Bristol’s great Hindu reformer

One of Arnos Vale’s most distinctive tombs commemorates a remarkable man

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee

Reports

Exclusive: Race and religious hate crimes on the rise.

Figures obtained by the Bristol Cable from Avon and Somerset Police show that the the attack on Totterdown Mosque is the tip of the iceberg.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Edition 3

Faith in politics

What has religion got to do with politics? Adam Cantwell-Corn caught up with a Bishop, a deputy Imam, a Quaker, a Rastafarian and a couple...

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn