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Latest News
Posted: Sat, 15 Jun 2019
Jewish school that segregates pupils fails inspection
A faith school that unlawfully segregates pupils has failed an inspection triggered by complaints.
Posted: Fri, 14 Jun 2019
NSS criticises decision to fund new discriminatory faith school
The National Secular Society has criticised government plans to fund a new religiously selective faith school in Peterborough.
Posted: Wed, 12 Jun 2019
Islamic school that refused entry to inspector warned by DfE
An independent Islamic school has been warned by the government after it refused entry to a school inspector and was rated 'inadequate'.
Posted: Wed, 12 Jun 2019
Government warns independent faith schools over sex segregation
The government has warned three independent faith schools which have sexist policies, including two which segregate boys and girls.
Posted: Wed, 12 Jun 2019
Islamic charities push death for ‘apostates’ and female subjugation
The NSS has reported four Islamic charities to the charities regulator after revealing that they promote deeply intolerant messages.
Opinion
Megan Manson examines a new document outlining the Catholic Church's position on issues relating to sex and gender, and explains how this may lead to conflict in Catholic Schools.
What might Catholic schools teach about transgender and intersex people?
Posted: Fri, 14 Jun 2019
Countering extremism requires a whole-society response to uphold and promote democratic norms and principles and encourage debate and dialogue, says the lead commissioner for countering extremism Sara Khan.
Countering the threat to religious freedom and of religious extremism
Posted: Wed, 12 Jun 2019
A report on child abuse in religious settings should prompt us to reconsider our relationship with religious institutions and their constitutional privileges and our wider attitude towards religion, says Chris Sloggett.
Protecting children means challenging religious privilege
Posted: Fri, 07 Jun 2019
Stephen Evans says religious concerns weren't a good reason to restrict understanding of birth control in Victorian England and they aren't a good reason to undermine relationships and sex education today.
Sexual freedom and secularism have always gone hand in hand
Posted: Fri, 07 Jun 2019
In modern Britain equality is protected and one person's protected characteristics can't be used to subjugate another. The sooner people from all faiths and none realise this the better, argues Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett.
A message to anti-LGBT campaigners: There is no hierarchy of equality
Posted: Thu, 06 Jun 2019