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News | Mon, 24 Nov 2014
The sharia succession practice note has been withdrawn by the Law Society, following widespread criticism for gender discrimination. |
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News | Thu, 27 Nov 2014
The role of religion in schools has come under scrutiny during a House of Lords debate on the role of religion and belief in public life. |
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News | Wed, 26 Nov 2014
Lord Pearson of Rannoch is facing a formal complaint from Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, after calling on Muslims to "address the violence in the Qur'an." |
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News | Mon, 24 Nov 2014
The National Secular Society has called for pupils taking GCSE citizenship studies to be educated about the relationship between equality, human rights and equal citizenship. |
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News | Mon, 24 Nov 2014
The Home Secretary has announced a raft of new measures to prevent extremism, radicalisation and terrorism. |
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News | Tue, 25 Nov 2014
Patriarch Kirill said Europe has abandoned its "Christian identity" and that the "process of secularization" has reached "apocalyptic dimensions". |
NSS Speaks Out
We were widely quoted in the national press following the Law Society's decision to withdraw its controversial guidelines for solicitors on how to compile "Sharia compliant" wills. Coverage included the Guardian, Times, Independent, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Economist, Third Sector the Christian press and various legal press. We were also quoted in the BBC's coverage of Ofsted's reports into six Independent Muslim faith schools, which were judged to be leaving pupils at risk of extremist views and radicalisation. Our campaigns manager, Stephen Evans, debated the wisdom of faith schools on LBC and was quoted in a Jewish Chronicle report about the NSS's reporting of a Jewish faith school to Ofsted over concerns about the school's narrowing of the curriculum. NSS executive director Keith Porteous Wood was also quoted in a Church Times (£) article about a private Members' Bill seeking to restore the right of local councils to pray at meetings.
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Quotes of the Week
"We are both one of the most religiously diverse and least religious countries in the world. The time has come to look again at the role of religion in our nation's schools and to be radical about that."
Baroness Falkner, speaking in the House of Lords "I would be much happier if Bishops, who all make an enormous contribution to the work of this House, were here as Members of this House in their own right rather than as a block vote, a block of people, put in by one religion only."
Lord Dubs, speaking in the House of Lords
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