Over the past seven days we have gone from honouring the remarkable Yasmin Rehman as our Secularist of the Year to mourning for the victims of the sickening attack on Westminster.
Perhaps more than ever before in the history of this society we face a religious extremism unconstrained by any consideration for the human rights of others. Islamism, given expression through violence and terrorism on Wednesday, but enforced by the state in Islamic countries all around the world, gives our defence of secularism and free speech more meaning than ever before.
That is why we were so pleased to honour Yasmin with the Irwin Prize and why we will continue to work for our principles with vigour. Find out how you can help.
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News | Sat, 18 Mar 2017
The Irwin Prize for Secularist of the Year 2017 has been awarded to Yasmin Rehman, the secular campaigner for women's rights. |
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News | Thu, 23 Mar 2017
A new report, Understanding school segregation in England, has set out the extent of ethnic and religious division in England's schools. |
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News | Tue, 21 Mar 2017
The Department for Education is to investigate faith schools implicated in the ostracisation of children of transgender parents highlighted by a recent family court ruling. |
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News | Tue, 21 Mar 2017
A study by academics at Leeds Beckett University and the University of Missouri has found a strong "negative correlation" between time spent on religion in schools, and maths and science achievement. |
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News | Mon, 20 Mar 2017
The LibDems have backed a series of reforms to the role of religion in the UK education system, in a motion approved at the Party's Spring Conference. |
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News | Mon, 20 Mar 2017
Turkish secularists have expressed their fears for the country's secular future ahead of a referendum to drastically increase the power of President Erdogan. |
This week the Asian Image reported the news that Yasmin Rehman had been named Secularist of the Year. We were quoted in the Independent and by Conatus News after the BBC was forced to apologise for asking in a tweet "what is the right punishment for blasphemy?" The Times of Malta quoted our response to the ECJ ruling.
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"These streets of Westminster – home to the world's oldest Parliament – are engrained with a spirit of freedom that echoes in some of the furthest corners of the globe. And the values our Parliament represents – democracy, freedom, human rights, the rule of law – command the admiration and respect of free people everywhere."
Prime Minister Theresa May.
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