Stories of Change Around the World.

Michael Binyon, the respected international commentator and leader-writer for The Times, profiled Coexist in a feature published in Saturday’s edition.

Here is an excerpt: ‘Funding and promoting those who are battling against religious intolerance is what Coexist sees as one of the most urgent challenges of our time. Too often, Kidner says, religion is portrayed as a destructive force, encouraging extremism and deepening divisions. Yet repeated surveys have found that more than half the people in the world value religion as something as important to them as their families, or more so. Faith, he argues, should therefore be a unifying force, a way of reconciling differences and promoting understanding.’

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