New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims
Posted: Mon, 05 Nov 2018
Pupils should be taught about evolution, art, and sexual relationships and no child should be forced to wear a hijab, says new guidance by a Muslim advocacy group. Read More »
Ofsted head issues warning on religious pressure in education
Posted: Fri, 02 Nov 2018
The NSS has said the government "must heed" a warning from the chief inspector of schools in England on religious pressure in education. Read More »
Individual rights and autonomy key themes at NSS healthcare event
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2018
Speakers have told an NSS conference that individual rights and autonomy should take priority over religious concerns in healthcare. Read More »
Most Britons support key secularist principles, says Pew research
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2018
Britons support several key secularist principles but a significant minority are unwelcoming of religious minorities, a study has found. Read More »
Pakistani court orders woman facing death for blasphemy to be freed
Posted: Wed, 31 Oct 2018
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the freeing of Asia Bibi, who awaited a death sentence for blasphemy for eight years. Read More »
No plans to create public holidays to mark more religious festivals
Posted: Tue, 30 Oct 2018
The government has rejected calls to make Hindu and Muslim religious festivals public holidays after the NSS lobbied against the idea. Read More »
Ireland votes to remove blasphemy from constitution
Posted: Tue, 30 Oct 2018
The NSS has welcomed Irish voters' decision to repeal the blasphemy provisions in their country's constitution. Read More »
Saudi Arabia is worst country to be an atheist, report says
Posted: Mon, 29 Oct 2018
Saudi Arabia has been named the worst country in the world to be an atheist in a report monitoring the treatment of the non-religious. Read More »
Commons passes bill and amendment on abortion in NI
Posted: Thu, 25 Oct 2018
The NSS has called for reform of Northern Ireland's abortion laws after MPs passed a bill and an amendment on the subject this week. Read More »
NSS cautions against introducing more religious public holidays
Posted: Thu, 25 Oct 2018
The NSS has warned MPs that introducing more religious public holidays could disadvantage workers by reducing their freedom to take annual leave when most appropriate to them. Read More »
NSS welcomes first convictions for running unregistered faith school
Posted: Wed, 24 Oct 2018
The NSS has welcomed a landmark successful prosecution of the proprietors of an unregistered religious school. Read More »
Three independent faith schools still open after multiple failures
Posted: Mon, 22 Oct 2018
The NSS has questioned why three independent faith schools remain open despite failing multiple inspections. Read More »
Abuse survivors sue Catholic order which ran children’s homes
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Ten people are suing a religious order which ran two Scottish orphanages where many children were physically and sexually abused. Read More »
Australian ‘religious freedom’ review prompts discrimination row
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Australia's government looks set to allow religious schools which receive public funds to sack teachers for their sexuality nationwide. Read More »
NSS welcomes Lancashire decision on non-stunned meat in schools
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
The NSS has welcomed Lancashire County Council's ratification of its decision to stop supplying most non-stunned halal meat to schools. Read More »
Ten more independent faith schools issued warnings by DfE
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
Ten failing independent faith schools are among those which have recently been issued warning notices by the government. Read More »
At least 17 councils giving schools non-stunned meat, NSS reveals
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018
At least 17 councils across the UK are supplying non-stunned halal meat to dozens of schools, National Secular Society research has revealed. Read More »
NSS writes to Foreign Office over blasphemy case in Pakistan
Posted: Fri, 12 Oct 2018
The NSS has urged the Foreign Office to do what it can to secure the release of a woman facing execution in Pakistan for blasphemy. Read More »
Kavanaugh vote puts US church-state separation ‘in the balance’
Posted: Thu, 11 Oct 2018
Secularists in the US have said church-state separation "hangs in the balance" after Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Read More »
Christian bakers did not discriminate against gay customer, Supreme Court rules
Posted: Wed, 10 Oct 2018
A owners of bakery that refused to make a cake with the slogan 'support gay marriage' were not discriminatory, the Supreme Court has ruled. Read More »
