Opinion
The Chancel Repairs Bill 2014 (more interesting than you might imagine)
Michael Hall reflects on the importance of Lord Avebury's bill to abolish chancel repair liability and places it in... Read More »
Secularism, today, now
Ahead of an historic conference on the Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights in London this October, Algerian... Read More »
Grievous nonsense
The narrative that Christians are somehow persecuted in the UK – which the Daily Telegraph and former Attorney... Read More »
Principles of secularism and equality must be defended
Attempts to erode equality and undermine secularist principles must be challenged, argues Stephen Evans.
Those seeking... Read More »
No such thing as a ‘faith child’
The state and society undermine children's rights, when they treat them as an extension of their parents' religious... Read More »
Don’t merge human rights with religion, even in Africa
Political religion, particularly that exported from the US, is impeding the struggle for universal human rights in... Read More »
What chance do Yazidis have against group too brutal for al Qaeda?
Quilliam Co-Founder and Chairman and National Secular Society honorary associate Maajid Nawaz gives his thoughts on... Read More »
Ministerial role that promotes religion should have gone, not just the Minister
As Eric Pickles takes over Baroness Warsi's ministerial responsibilities for promoting faith, Stephen Evans argues... Read More »
Talking to God: the corporate religious challenge to a pluralist, progressive Europe
EU and UN 'dialogue' with civil society gives disproportionate weight to conservative religious voices at the expense... Read More »
Kerry County Council crucifix a challenge to religious diversity
Following the erection of a crucifix in the newly renovated Kerry County Council chambers, Dr Ronan McCrea argues... Read More »
A parent’s perspective: a review of the ‘collective worship’ requirement is long overdue
As a parent of a 6 year old daughter, Alison Fenwick argues that the obligation on schools to 'worship' impinges on... Read More »
The world must respond to the cry of Iraq’s Christians
Religious cleansing in Iraq is making a "hateful mockery" of international law which should protect people and uphold... Read More »
Why is the Law Society promoting Islamic rules and legal services?
After attending a seminar held by the Law Society on Islamic rules and legal services, Sadikur Rahman reflects upon... Read More »
Why the time has come to end compulsory worship in schools
With the launch of a new petition calling on political parties to make the removal of the collective worship requirement... Read More »
Commission to investigate religion’s role in society
A commission has set itself up to "take the temperature of Britain's relationship with religion". But with so many... Read More »
Will the Equality Act be battered into submitting to religious exemptions?
Misleading reporting of individual cases and calls for "conscience clauses" feed into a false narrative of Christian... Read More »
It’s not only Islamists who have Trojan Horses
Those with a vested interest in the continuation of 'faith schools' have started their fight back against the growing... Read More »
Terry Sanderson’s speech to the Religious Freedom Conference, Chatham
On 21 June 2014, NSS President Terry Sanderson spoke at the Chatham Unitarian Church, about the importance of equalities... Read More »
Pope’s zero tolerance pledge on child abuse is not enough
Words are not enough: David McClenaghan argues that if the Church wants to deal with its record on child abuse it... Read More »
A “religious ethos” is not why faith schools succeed – it’s selection that does it
Rather than a faith-based ethos, Terry Sanderson argues that it's selection that allows faith schools to outperform... Read More »
Schools and the failure of multiculturalism and multifaithism
Rumy Hasan argues, faith based identity politics have contributed to an increasingly divisive school system, which... Read More »
Yes, “faith schools” really are the problem
Politicians are in denial over the problems caused by "faith schools" and religious influence in education, argues... Read More »
BBC poll shows that religious people give more to charity than non-religious. Maybe...
Here we go again – the BBC has commissioned a survey that apparently shows that religious people are more likely... Read More »
The choice of when to die should be that of the individual – not religious leaders
Speaking from personal experience, Terry Sanderson argues that religious opposition to a new law on assisted dying... Read More »
The choice of when to die should be that of the individual – not religious leaders
Speaking from personal experience, Terry Sanderson argues that religious opposition to a new law on assisted dying... Read More »
