Challenging Religious Privilege
Join our campaign for an inclusive and secular education system.
We campaign for the law and the administration of justice to be based on equality, respect for human rights, and on objective evidence.
Public services that are intended for the whole community, especially those funded by public money, should be provided in a secular context.
We campaign on a wide range of topics where religious privilege impacts public life. Including:
For over 150 years we have campaigned for disestablishment, the separation of the C of E and state.
Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2022
Veteran secularist and women's rights campaigner Pragna Patel will be the guest speaker at the NSS Bradlaugh Lecture this year.
Posted: Tue, 07 Jun 2022
A cinema chain has cancelled all screenings of a film about Islamic history for security reasons following religious protests.
Posted: Mon, 23 May 2022
A faith school has reportedly cancelled a visit from a children's author because it feared his books would 'promote witchcraft'.
Posted: Wed, 04 May 2022
Secularists and atheists in Bangladesh are at "serious" risk of persecution, new UK government guidance says.
Posted: Tue, 12 Apr 2022
The NSS has welcomed the findings of a citizen's assembly which reveal strong support for separation of church and state.
Pandering to fundamentalism is not the way to a more open, tolerant and peaceful society, argues Stephen Evans.
Posted: Thu, 09 Jun 2022
A recent report on state-sanctioned killings of 'blasphemers' and 'apostates' suggests re-interpreting Islam as a solution rather than promoting universal human rights. Megan Manson argues this is the...
Posted: Mon, 22 Nov 2021
The Labour MP has effectively called for a blasphemy law as she highlighted the "emotional harm" caused by depictions of Muhammad. Freedom of expression on religion mustn't be up for negotiation, says...
Posted: Fri, 09 Jul 2021
Voters and politicians who value social cohesion and basic democratic principles should reject the trend of pandering to religious tribalism, says Chris Sloggett.
Posted: Fri, 02 Jul 2021
As an investigation into the Batley Grammar affair concludes, Stephen Evans says we should recognise the censorious precedent it has set.
Posted: Thu, 27 May 2021
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