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News | Fri, 04 Mar 2016
Naz Shah MP has told Bradford Council that they are in "denial" over unregistered religious schools that are operating illegally. |
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News | Tue, 01 Mar 2016
A report into the influence of religion in Scottish law has said that Scotland's education system is out-of-step with society, despite progress in other areas in establishing rights for the non-religious. |
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News | Mon, 29 Feb 2016
A student-led free speech campaign supported by the counter-extremism think tank Quilliam is urging for reform of campus debate, as the NUS faces calls from secularists and ex-Muslims to revise 'safe space' policies. |
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News | Fri, 04 Mar 2016
An influential British imam has praised the killer of the former governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, who was murdered in Pakistan in 2011 after calling for reform of the country's blasphemy laws. |
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News | Tue, 01 Mar 2016
An 81 year old holocaust survivor is suing El Al airlines after she was asked to move seats because an ultra-Orthodox male passenger said he would not sit next to a woman. |
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Nick Park, Executive Director of Evangelical Alliance Ireland, writes: "Religions and ideologies are at their best as part of a secular pluralist society where we can all share our faith, or lack of it, on a level playing field. I want the best for my country, and I want the best for my faith, so I thank God for secularism." |
An article in the Economist on Britain's "odd coalition of free-speech advocates" noted the NSS' past successes in campaigning for free speech and the dangers ahead for freedom of expression in the UK. Our executive director Keith Porteous Wood was quoted in the article on the danger posed by 'Extremism Disruption Orders' and our joint Defend Free Speech campaign, run with the Christian Institute and others, was also mentioned by Christian Today.
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"…thoughtful people – like the Irish Evangelical Alliance's Nick Park, who says he thanks God for secularism – know that privileging religion is a bad thing. No, Christians shouldn't abuse their positions to evangelise, and if they do they should be brought to account."
Reverend Mark Woods, Christian Today.
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