At least three kindergartens spread out through Israeli urban sprawl offer children educational teachings of controversial cultist movement. Only one institute received municipal approval, but failed to note its religious leanings Any kindergarten in Israel with more than 10 children requires the approval of the Education Ministry, but three kindergartens offering children the education teaching of the controversial Scientology movement are operating in Tel Aviv these days without ...

Charles Arthur Only people who have been arrested are placed on the DNA database. Photograph: Press Association Can you support Britain's current DNA database yet oppose plans for biometric ID cards? That's the question I've been wrestling with this week. The answer, as you'll see, isn't trivial. The past week has seen three men convicted of murder, and ...

1. What is Scientology? To understand Anonymous – what it is and why it exists – it is necessary to understand the Church of Scientology and why it has attracted the attention it has over the last half-century or so. Scientology was created by L Ron Hubbard, an American science fiction writer. In 1950 he published the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In it, Hubbard claimed that problems facing ...

Ruth Gledhill A diocese of the Church of England is giving an unprecedented £250,000 towards a multifaith building in which the largest amount of worship space will be reserved for Muslims. The Guildford diocese is one of the wealthiest in the UK. The Bishop of Guildford, the Right Rev Christopher Hill, gave the £250,000 cheque yesterday to the University of Surrey for the first multifaith building of its ...

Tony Blair's conversion to Catholicism has been criticised by commentators who argue his views as PM were at odds with church teachings. Tony Blair has met Pope Benedict Mr Blair was welcomed into the Roman Catholic church by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor - leader of the Roman Catholics in England and Wales. Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor welcomed the politician's personal ...

The UK must be careful how it tackles terrorism and treats Islamic culture if it is to avoid recreating a society reminiscent of Nazi Germany, the head of the Muslim Council of Britain has warned. Muhammad ...