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Ep 15: 'Islamophobia' definition | Criticising infant circumcision
Posted: Mon, 30th Sep 2019
Emma Park speaks to Stephen Evans, CEO of the NSS and Chris Sloggett, communications officer, about the NSS's opposition to a definition of 'Islamophobia' which was proposed by a parliamentary group in November 2018.
Chris and NSS campaigns officer Megan Manson also join Emma to discuss two recent rows relating to infant circumcision.
Megan highlights a court case in which a Nigerian Christian woman, Martina Obi-Uzom, was given a suspended sentence for having an infant boy circumcised without his mother's consent. And Chris discusses a speech by the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, in which he asked secularists and Humanists to stop campaigning against faith schools and infant circumcision.
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You can follow Emma on twitter, @DrEmmaPark
Islamophobia Defined – the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims
A woman is convicted over circumcision. What happens next?, NSS blog by Megan Manson
The chief rabbi has made an anti-democratic attempt to shut down criticism, NSS blog by Chris Sloggett
Ep 12: Circumcision | No Outsiders
Posted: Mon, 12th Aug 2019
Chris Sloggett spoke to NSS chief executive Stephen Evans and campaigns officer Megan Manson about the recent BBC documentary A Cut Too Far? and the ethics of ritual infant male circumcision. Did the documentary go far enough and is the tide turning against this abusive practice?
Also in this episode our head of education Alastair Lichten spoke with Andrew Moffat, creator of the inclusive education resource 'No Outsiders' and speaker at our upcoming Bradlaugh Lecture.
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Ep 11: Religious charities | Inclusive relationship and sex education
Posted: Thu, 25th Jul 2019
Chris Sloggett spoke to Megan Manson about charities which exist only to promote religion and whether these or religious charities which do harm are in the public benefit. Chris also spoke to and Alastair Lichten about protests by religious reactionaries against LGBT inclusive education and what the NSS is doing.
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The podcast discussed our recent new report For the public benefit? The case for removing 'the advancement of religion' as a charitable purpose and our upcoming event the 2019 Bradlaugh Lecture No Outsiders: Reclaiming Radical Ideas in Schools.
Ep 05: Dr Antony Lempert | Exploring religious freedom
Posted: Tue, 12th Mar 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Dr Antony Lempert. Dr Lempert is chair of the Secular Medical forum, a regular speaker and expert on freedom of and from religion in healthcare.
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This was part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom. Information on all the speakers and a videos from all the talks are now available.
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