Posted: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 by Alistair McBay
The National Secular Society is helping campaigners on the Isle of Lewis open a sports centre on a Sunday, currently blocked by a council who won't allow it on the Sabbath. It's hardly the first time Sabbatarians on Lewis have played this game.
The attempt... Read More »
Fri, 22 Jun 2018
NHS Choices has removed advice which drew heavily on Islamic theology from its website and will consider replacing it.
Fri, 22 Jun 2018
The C of E covered up sexual abuse by vastly reducing the number of cases it deemed to require formal action, according to a BBC report.
Thu, 21 Jun 2018
A movement to resist the expansion of religious education in Turkey is coordinating activists from 20 cities around the country.
Thu, 21 Jun 2018
The NSS has said Ireland's upcoming referendum on blasphemy should "prompt a debate about celebrating free speech as a positive value".
Wed, 13 Jun 2018
The human rights activist Gita Sahgal will explore the rise of Hindu nationalism in the NSS's 2018 Bradlaugh Lecture in Manchester.
Some clerics want exemptions from reporting requirements on abuse when it's revealed in the confessional. Accommodating their demands would undermine efforts to tackle child abuse, says Richard Scorer.
Mon, 25 Jun 2018
A parent tells the story of a school which invited a Christian charity to perform a show with a pro-abstinence message under the guise of sex education, and says it was important to challenge it.
Mon, 25 Jun 2018
As a poll shows public ambivalence to a much-hyped sermon at the royal wedding, Chris Sloggett says the fuss around Michael Curry has distracted from an opportunity to ask critical questions about religion's public role.
Thu, 21 Jun 2018
A new book reveals a substantive movement of people choosing to leave Islam. Fiyaz Mughal, its co-editor, reflects on the stories it tells and the importance of mutual respect and empathy between Muslims and ex-Muslims.
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
Emma Park on what Margaret Atwood's modern dystopian classic (and its TV adaptation) tells us about the relationship between theocracy, gender and self-identity.
Thu, 14 Jun 2018