Challenging Religious Privilege
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Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2018
The NSS has reiterated concerns about parents' lack of access to secular schools in rural areas after an analysis of new official data.
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2018
The education secretary has dismissed calls for the reform of RE in England which were outlined in a major report from a commission.
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
The government has said it is "committed" to reviewing food labelling amid criticism of the sale of non-stun halal meat to Saudi Arabia.
Posted: Mon, 10 Dec 2018
Blasphemy laws, supremacist ideologies, sectarianism, 'caste' systems and exclusionary laws are among the ways religion restricts human rights...
Posted: Sun, 09 Dec 2018
The NSS has urged the home secretary to resist calls to adopt a formal definition of 'Islamophobia' which have been put forward by a parliamentary...
In her book Identity, Islam and the Twilight of Liberal Values, Terri Murray explores attacks on liberalism from the left and right – and the failure to defend it. Here she explains what motivated...
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2018
After two students pushed the Welsh government for a response to a petition to remove schools' obligation to hold acts of worship, Stephen Evans says pupils should be free to opt out of religious practices...
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
Lee Harris didn't choose a faith school for his children. But when he challenged evangelism at his local school, he learnt that community school status doesn't necessarily prevent religion from being imposed...
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
We often hear that faith schools improve choice. But an NSS report shows that this narrative mischaracterises the challenges facing families and public education's role in a diverse society, says Alastair...
Posted: Mon, 10 Dec 2018
A parliamentary group's proposal that the government define 'Islamophobia' is a misguided power grab, says Chris Sloggett. If we want to end anti-Muslim bigotry, we should stop telling people what to think...
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2018