NSS questions public benefit of Islamic “anti-Ahmadi” charity
Posted: Thu, 21 Mar 2019
The NSS has questioned why an organisation that displayed literature calling for the killing of Ahmadi Muslims has charitable status. Read More »
Doctors’ body drops opposition to assisted dying
Posted: Thu, 21 Mar 2019
The NSS has welcomed a decision by the Royal College of Physicians to drop its opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying. Read More »
More schools suspend diversity teaching under Muslim pressure
Posted: Wed, 20 Mar 2019
Four more primary schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching lessons about diversity amid complaints from mainly Muslim parents about references to LGBT people.
The decision from Leigh Trust, which runs the schools, comes after a different school was forced... Read More »
NSS launches new range of school resources: Exploring Secularism
Posted: Wed, 20 Mar 2019
The NSS has launched a new range of resources for secondary schools related to secularism and religion's role in society. Read More »
NSS leads call for national inquiry into school admissions
Posted: Tue, 19 Mar 2019
The NSS has raised concerns about faith-based discrimination and segregation and called for an inquiry into school admissions in England. Read More »
Over 12,000 charities exist only to promote religion, NSS reveals
Posted: Mon, 18 Mar 2019
Over 12,000 charities exist solely to promote religion with some using public money to promote extremism and harmful practices, a new National Secular Society report has revealed. Read More »
Former ‘pope in waiting’ jailed for child sexual abuse
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2019
The Vatican's ex-treasurer George Pell has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for sexual activity with children in Australia. Read More »
Birmingham school suspends diversity lessons despite Ofsted backing
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2019
A school has suspended lessons about diversity amid objections from predominantly Muslim parents over references to LGBT people, despite backing for its curriculum from Ofsted inspectors.
Parkfield Community School in Birmingham, where almost all children are... Read More »
NSS queries faith requirement for government fertility regulator job
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2019
The NSS has questioned a government advert which sought a board member for a fertility regulator "from a faith background". Read More »
Nick Cohen & Pragna Patel to address free speech at Secularism 2019
Posted: Wed, 13 Mar 2019
Nick Cohen and Pragna Patel will address the subject of freedom of expression at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Senior French Catholic cardinal convicted of covering up abuse
Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 2019
The most senior Catholic official in France, the archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin, has been convicted of covering up sexual abuse. Read More »
Campaigners renew offer to fund Sunday swimming on Lewis
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2019
A community group has renewed an offer to pay for Sunday openings of a leisure centre on the Isle of Lewis amid Sabbatarian opposition. Read More »
NSS calls on NSPCC to reconsider its position on genital cutting
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2019
The NSS has called on the NSPCC to reconsider its position on non-therapeutic male circumcision after it defended the practice. Read More »
Out-of-school settings code should be mandatory, NSS tells DfE
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2019
The NSS has said a code of practice for out-of-school educational settings should be mandatory in response to a government consultation. Read More »
NSS: government must support schools which promote LGBT equality
Posted: Tue, 05 Mar 2019
The NSS has urged the government to support a school in Birmingham which is under pressure to stop teaching lessons on LGBT equality. Read More »
Doctors’ body: consider parents’ religion on infant genital cutting
Posted: Wed, 27 Feb 2019
The NSS has criticised the British Medical Association for giving "vague" advice to doctors on the ethics of infant circumcision. Read More »
ECJ: non-stun slaughter breaches ‘highest welfare standards’
Posted: Tue, 26 Feb 2019
Meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning cannot be labelled organic because of animal welfare concerns, an EU court has found. Read More »
NSS welcomes updated guidance on relationships & sex education
Posted: Mon, 25 Feb 2019
The government has resisted religious pressure to extend parents' right to withdraw their children from relationships and sex education (RSE) in a move welcomed by the National Secular Society.
Draft guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) has removed... Read More »
Protect free speech, NSS tells Scottish review of hate crime laws
Posted: Fri, 22 Feb 2019
The NSS has urged the Scottish government to protect free speech and abolish blasphemy laws as it considers proposals on hate crime. Read More »
Ofsted head defends relationships education amid religious pressure
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2019
The chief inspector of England's schools has said all children should learn about same-sex couples amid increasingly loud religious campaigns against education about relationships and sex.
Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, told the BBC children should be... Read More »
