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Latest News
Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2018
Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows
The NSS has reiterated concerns about parents' lack of access to secular schools in rural areas after an analysis of new official data.
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2018
Education secretary dismisses commission's call for RE reform
The education secretary has dismissed calls for the reform of RE in England which were outlined in a major report from a commission.
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
Government “committed” to reviewing food labelling, peer says
The government has said it is "committed" to reviewing food labelling amid criticism of the sale of non-stun halal meat to Saudi Arabia.
Posted: Mon, 10 Dec 2018
Report highlights religious threat to global human rights
Blasphemy laws, supremacist ideologies, sectarianism, 'caste' systems and exclusionary laws are among the ways religion restricts human rights...
Posted: Sun, 09 Dec 2018
Home secretary urged not to adopt definition of ‘Islamophobia'
The NSS has urged the home secretary to resist calls to adopt a formal definition of 'Islamophobia' which have been put forward by a parliamentary...
Opinion
In her book Identity, Islam and the Twilight of Liberal Values, Terri Murray explores attacks on liberalism from the left and right – and the failure to defend it. Here she explains what motivated her to write the book....
Relativism is undermining liberalism from within
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2018
After two students pushed the Welsh government for a response to a petition to remove schools' obligation to hold acts of worship, Stephen Evans says pupils should be free to opt out of religious practices in schools.
Students should be free to excuse themselves from worship
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
Lee Harris didn't choose a faith school for his children. But when he challenged evangelism at his local school, he learnt that community school status doesn't necessarily prevent religion from being imposed on children....
My children’s school has become Christian by default
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
We often hear that faith schools improve choice. But an NSS report shows that this narrative mischaracterises the challenges facing families and public education's role in a diverse society, says Alastair Lichten.
Unravelling the choice delusion
Posted: Mon, 10 Dec 2018
A parliamentary group's proposal that the government define 'Islamophobia' is a misguided power grab, says Chris Sloggett. If we want to end anti-Muslim bigotry, we should stop telling people what to think about Islam.
The gatekeepers of public debate can’t patronise away anti-Muslim bigotry
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2018