Opinion
Why did the CPS abandon investigation into Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor?
As the full scale of the British Establishment's cover-up of child sex abuse becomes apparent, Alistair McBay argues... Read More »
Council prayers: none so deaf as those that will not hear
Those who regard the imposition of religious values and practices in secular spaces as benign should be more aware... Read More »
There is no widespread discrimination against Christians in the workplace
NSS president Terry Sanderson challenges the notion that Christians are widely discriminated against in the workplace,... Read More »
Eric Pickles' 'evangelical charter' on its way to becoming law
A small group of Christians in parliament are changing the law to give local authorities the power to summon councillors... Read More »
The Church, gratitude and the erosion of innocence
A parent writes about the problem of innocuous children's activities run with a hidden religious agenda, and defends... Read More »
The Christian Legal Centre makes another attempt to gain privileges for Christians in the workplace
The Christian Legal Centre's latest 'discrimination' claim follows a familiar pattern – but its use of dissembling... Read More »
Charlie Hebdo: a perspective one month on
25 years after the Rushdie Affair, one month after the atrocities in Paris and days after the attack on a free speech... Read More »
Is the Christian immune from plane crashes?
Alistair McBay reports on Scottish Calvinism's attack on secularism, and offers his reaction to the rhetoric and tactics... Read More »
A duty to mock
Manfredi La Manna argues that the response to the Charlie Hebdo murders has exposed unpalatable truths in both the... Read More »
Sharia law, apostasy and secularism
Gita Sahgal argues that opposing religious fundamentalism is not a distraction from 'real' politics - the demands... Read More »
The dishonesty of religious lobbying shines like a beacon
NSS President Terry Sanderson argues that the churches have changed their lobbying tactics, and are trying to impose... Read More »
The dishonesty of religious lobbying shines like a beacon
NSS President Terry Sanderson argues that the churches have changed their lobbying tactics, and are trying to impose... 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 »
Rendering unto Caesar
The established Church throws stones from inside its Government-subsidised glass cathedral, argues Alistair McBay.... Read More »
Charlie Hebdo Editorial: Je Suis Charlie Means Je Suis Secularism
This is a translation of the editorial from the first Charlie Hebdo published since the Paris attacks. It is reproduced... Read More »
MPs want God at centre of local democracy
When Conservative councillor Imran Khan opted out of Christian prayers at council meetings he was subject to ostracization,... Read More »
British media fails the free speech test
The British print and media press's response to the Charlie Hebdo attack has involved victim blaming, obfuscation... Read More »
GP Taylor: Why faith has no place in our schools
Many principled people of faith oppose religious privilege in state schools. Former Anglican priest GP Taylor makes... Read More »
NSS statement following Charlie Hebdo attack
Restrictions on criticising or satirising religion, especially Islam, have hugely increased since Salman Rushdie was... Read More »
Churches, charity and the conferring of privilege
There are many ways to do good, including campaigning for human rights and equality over discrimination and prejudice,... Read More »
If we exempt ritual slaughter from animal welfare laws we open the door to far worse crimes
Jewish and Muslim sensibilities about ritual slaughter are given protected status, despite these practices being inhumane.... Read More »
Law Society, religion and the law: reasons to be cheerful
The last year has seen a number of successful campaigns against attempts to impose religion in our secular legal system.... Read More »
Government’s GCSE subject content review is another missed opportunity
The Government's proposal to reform the religious studies GCSE subject content falls far short of what's really needed,... 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 »
Britain First – foot soldiers of a ‘Christian Nation’?
When mainstream politicians endorse the 'Christian Nation' narrative they feed both Muslim and Christian persecution... Read More »
