Posted: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 by Dr Antony Lempert
This week's developments on ritual genital cutting in the US and Denmark highlight the need to adopt a consistent application of human rights principles for everybody, regardless of gender, argues Dr Antony Lempert.
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Posted: Thu, 13 Jan 2022
The National Secular Society has questioned a school adjudicator's dismissal of complaints that a faith school's dress code is sexist.
Posted: Tue, 11 Jan 2022
Two people and a charity who wanted to operate "under the radar" have pleaded guilty to running an illegal unregistered faith school.
Posted: Tue, 11 Jan 2022
The National Secular Society has advised the Scottish government to address discrimination in religious charities tackling poverty.
Posted: Mon, 10 Jan 2022
The National Secular Society has reported an Islamic charity whose website condones violence against women to the regulator.
Posted: Wed, 22 Dec 2021
A Hindu academy chain has blocked delivery of flu vaccinations in its schools, including those with no faith ethos, on religious grounds....
Faith-based selection forces families' religiosity to be assessed, compels conformity, and undermines everyone's freedom of belief, says Alastair Lichten.
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2022
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans reflects on how secularism fared in 2021 and the NSS's activities over the year.
Posted: Wed, 22 Dec 2021
Evangelical activists' insistence that equality amounts to discrimination is a narcissistic approach to human rights, argues Stephen Evans.
Posted: Fri, 17 Dec 2021
We need to tackle anti-Muslim hate, but the politicised and problematic term of Islamophobia should be ditched, argues Nova Daban.
Posted: Tue, 30 Nov 2021
A recent report on state-sanctioned killings of 'blasphemers' and 'apostates' suggests re-interpreting Islam as a solution rather than promoting universal human rights. Megan Manson argues this is the...
Posted: Mon, 22 Nov 2021