Author: Benjamin Jones

A faith-based education system is deeply inefficient

Both the Government and the Labour Party have wilful blind spots around faith schools, and as the Government looks... Read More »

The Casey Review lays bare the failure to integrate Muslim minorities

Dame Louise Casey offers a damning critique of mass immigration undertaken without serious efforts to integrate new... Read More »

Protecting women’s rights is the priority, but that isn’t the only legitimate concern about sharia

Gender inequality isn't the only problem with sharia councils, and non-Muslims have every right to object to the foundation... Read More »

Review: The Battle for British Islam, by Sara Khan with Tony McMahon

There are three million Muslims in the UK. The evidence shows they are becoming more religiously conservative, thousands... Read More »

Conflating abuse with criticism of Islam risks a return to a UK blasphemy law

The BBC and Demos have published an accidental case-study in why we should all stop using the meaningless and sinister... Read More »

Press regulator rules ‘honour’ killings are not Islamic

The press regulator has issued a troubling ruling that the Mail Online must state that Islam "does not support" 'honour... Read More »

62% say there is “no place in UK politics for religious influence of any kind”

The overwhelming majority of Britons believe religion should not "influence" politics in the UK, and majorities of... Read More »

Muddled-thinking on counter-extremism threatens free speech

Leaks ahead of the Government's latest counter-extremism drive show that they have failed to balance freedom of speech... Read More »

Muslim support for theocracy, not terrorism, is the real threat to confront

The ICM poll on 'What British Muslims Really Think' shows clearly that widespread support for Islamic theocracy, not... Read More »

Christian country? Politicians should be careful what they wish for

The demise of Anglican Christianity won't herald a uniformly secularised society, but a fractured country where the... Read More »

Dan Walker’s creationism may be an affront to science – but he’s entitled to his beliefs

The appointment of "young Earth" creationist Dan Walker to front BBC Breakfast has caused a considerable backlash,... Read More »

Minister’s claim that secularism pushes Muslims towards ISIS is a shameless attempt to advance Christian privilege

Stephen Crabb MP, the Secretary of State for Wales, has said that secularism and "creeping intolerance" of religion... Read More »

A timid defence of free speech is no match for Islamism. We must do better.

Society needs a much more vigorous defence of free speech than the one we are getting, with the 'elite' of society... Read More »

Ted Cruz says the President of the United States should be “on his knees” before God “every day”

Young Americans might be turning away from Christianity, but the American religious right is more audacious than ever... Read More »

Some good news for free speech on campuses

With too many instances of campus censorship to list, it's easy to be pessimistic about freedom of expression on campus,... Read More »

Warwick Student Union have now done the right thing – but universities themselves must step up to defend free speech

After taking relentless criticism on Twitter and Facebook, Warwick Student Union has reversed its decision to block... Read More »

The media now say ‘Islamophobia’ without question; but insist on the “so-called Islamic State”

Reporting of the deeply troubling rise in anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim attacks demonstrates that the term 'Islamophobia'... Read More »

We need a Robert Conquest figure to demolish the pro-Islamist left

The late historian Robert Conquest exposed the true horror of Stalinism; and the 21st century badly needs a similar... Read More »

Misrepresenting concerns about Islam won’t make society more cohesive

Recent polling found that 56% of Britons think Islam poses a threat to democracy. However this finding has been misrepresented... Read More »

Preacher James McConnell faces prosecution for calling Islam “Satanic"- the state again tramples over free expression

Free speech for all is threatened once more by the senseless prosecution of another Christian preacher. His religious... Read More »

Academic claims university atheists are “militant”

A paper published by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education has claimed that atheists can be "militant" on... Read More »

Anti-Muslim bigotry and the problem, with ‘Islamophobia’

Islamists are again using the victims of anti-Muslim bigotry to advance their agenda. Once again, a British university... Read More »

Christian leaders need to prioritise their targets

It is tiresomely common to have some Christian leaders describing secularism as intolerant, bigoted, militant or aggressive.... Read More »

After initial crisis, nation struggles on without Minister for Faith

After initial panic and a constitutional and political crisis, the country is struggling on without a Minister for... Read More »

Most Britons aren’t religious- but are religious ‘voting blocs’ wielding increasing power in our elections?

Religious leaders are wielding disproportionate influence in this election. Benjamin Jones argues that this is likely... Read More »