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Latest News
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...
Posted: Sat, 08 Dec 2018
Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds
Almost three in ten families in England live in areas where most or all of the local primary schools are faith-based, new National Secular...
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2018
NSS asks Google to remove Indonesian app for reporting blasphemy
The NSS has asked Google to remove an app which enables Indonesians to report people they suspect of 'heresy' to the authorities.
Opinion
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
The film Peterloo is a reminder of the close links between the campaign for church-state separation and the push for a truly democratic society in the 19th century and beyond, writes Bob Forder.
Mike Leigh's keenly anticipated,...
Peterloo’s heroes represented the finest traditions of secular democracy
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2018