Tags: FoRB
Only secularism can defeat the emboldened Hindu right
Violent threats look set to censor a film which was due for UK release today. It's the latest sign of rising Hindu... Read More »
Our business was harassed by Christian fundamentalists – now it’s the best known in Lewis
The National Secular Society recently reported the case of Leona Rawlinson, the owner of TweedTastic in Stornoway... Read More »
The 'war on Christmas' is coming
The myth of a culture war on Christmas may be comical and its claims endlessly debunked, but its promotion is part... Read More »
Whence secularism in Africa?
Secularism and controversies regarding the relationship between religion and state have deep roots in Africa's socio–political... Read More »
Protecting freedom of belief for the many and the few
Ahead of International Freedom of Religion or Belief Day, Megan Manson looks at democratic secularism's changing role... Read More »
Sam Brownback: Trump’s new man is no fan of religious freedom
The record of President Trump's new nominee exposes the hypocrisy of the US religious right. Chris Sloggett argues... Read More »
Murdered for the ‘crime’ of blasphemy
There has been an onslaught against secularists, atheists, ex-Muslims and countless religious minorities for 'blasphemy'.... Read More »
Prime Minister and CofE promote fake ‘war on Easter’
After several media outlets falsely claimed that the National Trust and Cadbury were 'airbrushing' Easter out of their... Read More »
A judge’s decision to separate a transgender parent from her Jewish Orthodox children was deeply misguided
The decision to separate a transgender parent from her children gets to the heart of why faith-based harm is perpetuated... Read More »
Sister Sarah Kuteh: up steps the next so called victim of ‘Christian persecution’
It has been another week in which we've seen Christians in the Middle East losing their lives to violence and persecution,... Read More »
Protecting women’s rights is the priority, but that isn’t the only legitimate concern about sharia
Gender inequality isn't the only problem with sharia councils, and non-Muslims have every right to object to the foundation... Read More »
Living better together: Muslims and active integration
On the theme of living better together, Maajid Nawaz argues that identity policing has further marginalised Muslims... Read More »
The gay community should recognise and oppose its chief oppressor
While people of all faiths and none have campaigned for and against LGBTQ rights, the merger of religious and state... Read More »
Minister’s claim that secularism pushes Muslims towards ISIS is a shameless attempt to advance Christian privilege
Stephen Crabb MP, the Secretary of State for Wales, has said that secularism and "creeping intolerance" of religion... Read More »
Mammon, not God, should reign on Sundays
Sunday trading laws frustrate free enterprise and fail to boost religion. It's time to scrap these petty, scolding... Read More »
Sectarianism in modern Britain
From Iranian dissidents fearing deportation after seeking asylum from theocracy, to ex-Muslims driven from their homes... Read More »
Christian leaders need to prioritise their targets
It is tiresomely common to have some Christian leaders describing secularism as intolerant, bigoted, militant or aggressive.... Read More »
Cardinal Nichols’ conflation of secularism and religious persecution is self-serving and shameful
It's grossly distasteful to equate the persecution of Christians in the Middle East with the discomfort felt by some... Read More »
Je suis Michael Overd: this obnoxious street preacher is a canary in the coal mine for free speech
An offensive street preacher has been charged for giving a "religiously aggravated" sermon, and was told by a police... Read More »
There is no widespread discrimination against Christians in the workplace
NSS president Terry Sanderson challenges the notion that Christians are widely discriminated against in the workplace,... Read More »
Eric Pickles' 'evangelical charter' on its way to becoming law
A small group of Christians in parliament are changing the law to give local authorities the power to summon councillors... Read More »
The Christian Legal Centre makes another attempt to gain privileges for Christians in the workplace
The Christian Legal Centre's latest 'discrimination' claim follows a familiar pattern – but its use of dissembling... Read More »
Is the Christian immune from plane crashes?
Alistair McBay reports on Scottish Calvinism's attack on secularism, and offers his reaction to the rhetoric and tactics... Read More »
If we exempt ritual slaughter from animal welfare laws we open the door to far worse crimes
Jewish and Muslim sensibilities about ritual slaughter are given protected status, despite these practices being inhumane.... Read More »
New data revealed on 2015 voting intentions of non-believers
The British Election Study has shed new light on the voting intentions of non-believers, and highlighted the power... Read More »
