Author: Benjamin Jones

It should be politically impossible for universities to enforce blasphemy laws

It should be politically toxic, publicly excruciating, there should be protests, and mass disruption to campuses when... Read More »

What do the minor parties have to say about secularism and religion?

From the Wessex Regionalists to the Christian People's Alliance, the NSS presents some highlights on secularism and... Read More »

Secularism in 2050: huge changes in population make a secular UK even more urgent

As huge demographic changes and the rapid increase in the Muslim population reshape religion in the UK, Benjamin Jones... Read More »

Why we should stop saying ‘Islamophobia’

The bigoted views of Islamists and anti-Muslim demagogues must be challenged, but the term 'Islamophobia' only serves... Read More »

Je suis Michael Overd: this obnoxious street preacher is a canary in the coal mine for free speech

An offensive street preacher has been charged for giving a "religiously aggravated" sermon, and was told by a police... Read More »

BBC Panorama, “the battle for British Islam” and the nonsense of “peaceful” or “violent” Muslims

NSS communications officer Benjamin Jones argues that the problem of Islamism is obscured by politicians and others... Read More »

A strange case of blasphemy

The Sony crisis is almost identical to the Satanic Verses controversy, or the Mohammed cartoon riots. Benjamin Jones... Read More »

Mission creep in the anti-war left

Video has emerged of the Left Unity political party voting on whether to endorse the Islamic State. Although the amendment... Read More »

New data revealed on 2015 voting intentions of non-believers

The British Election Study has shed new light on the voting intentions of non-believers, and highlighted the power... Read More »

Free Church of Scotland attacks secularism and “sexual equality”; calls for Biblical principles in Scottish Government

The Free Church of Scotland has labelled secularism "harmful to society" and called for the new Scottish constitutional... Read More »