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NSS welcomes St Albans council decision to end prayers
Removing prayers "reflects a growing movement towards more inclusive and secular proceedings", motion says
NSS urges end to faith based admissions in UN committee briefing
NSS tells UN committee state funded schools should be "open and welcoming to all"
Rise in political religion threatens women’s rights, report finds
State commitments to secular principles "critical" to support women in challenging political power of religion, think...
Report suggests increase in children at unregistered Jewish schools
Over 6,600 children in 'ultra orthodox' Jewish communities not attending registered schools, Jewish think tank suggests....
Promote secularism to improve community cohesion, NSS urges
End religious segregation in schools to promote cohesion, parliamentary committee told
Church of England bishop calls for disestablishment
"Part of our inherent arrogance comes with our status as the established Church", says bishop of Birkenhead
Report: Muslim community leaders blocking women in local politics
Male Muslim 'community leaders' have "special relationship" with Labour Party, report from Muslim Women's Network...
No more prayers in Parliament, MPs say
MPs from Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and SNP sign motion to end prayers before House of Commons sittings.
Success! Plan to scrap cap on faith school selection halted
Sixty-six percent of consultation respondents opposed plans to scrap 50% cap and allow special academies with a religious...
Cross party support for inclusive assemblies bill
Lib Dem, Labour, Green and crossbench peers unite behind bill to replace collective worship laws
Government rejects cap on religious discrimination at new schools
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee vote down amendment to stop new faith schools selecting all pupils...
Half the public view Church of England unfavourably, survey finds
Polling by YouGov reveals ten point increase in those with negative view of Church
NSS welcomes government commitment on blasphemy laws
Government says "any new definition of Islamophobia" will recognise "unchanging right to freedom of speech and expression"...
NSS refers misogynistic Islamic psychotherapy charity to regulator
Co-founder of Muslim Family Foundation claims "a woman must serve her husband by cooking and cleaning".
Extent of global ‘blasphemy’ laws revealed in report
'Dozens of countries' worldwide found to criminalise blasphemy and restrict speech around religion
Faith-based school admissions should be ended, NSS tells UN
NSS tells UN committee religious exemptions to Equality Act which permit faith-based admissions should be ended. ...
Bishop of Liverpool quits after sex assault revelations
John Perumbalath's resignation follows calls from figures within the Church for him to step aside
Man who burned Qurans in Sweden shot dead
Salwan Momika, prosecuted for "agitation against an ethnic or national group", shot dead near Stockholm
Failings found at mosque charity whose trustee encouraged terrorism
Trustee said jihad "by sword" is an "obligation" while making stabbing motion
NSS: Scotland should repeal religious observance laws
Mandatory religious observance in schools is incompatible with UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, NSS tells...
Harriet Harman tables amendment to abolish bishops’ bench
Harman calls for end to bishops sitting as peers by "virtue of their ordination"
Many parents fake religiosity to get school places, survey finds
NSS says figures show Government must clamp down on discriminatory faith schools.
NSS urges Parliament to prevent increase in selective faith schools
NSS says committee must ensure schools bill does not become "a vehicle for greater religious discrimination and segregation"...
Judge and parents call for boys to be protected from circumcision
Calls come as ex-doctor sentenced to 5 years in prison for child cruelty and actual bodily harm related to ritual...
New move to abolish the bishops’ bench in House of Lords
NSS supports amendment to hereditary peers bill to remove automatic seats for 26 bishops in House of Lords.
