Challenging Religious Privilege
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Posted: Tue, 14 Sep 2021
A doctors' union has dropped its opposition to assisted dying in a historic vote.
Posted: Tue, 14 Sep 2021
The NSS is calling for the public to support proposals for meat from animals not stunned before slaughter to be accurately labelled.
Posted: Fri, 10 Sep 2021
A majority of peers have backed a bill to end the duty on non-faith schools in England and Wales to hold daily acts of Christian worship....
Posted: Mon, 06 Sep 2021
The former prosecutor Nazir Afzal has addressed issues such as forced marriage, honour-based violence and child abuse in an NSS lecture.
Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2021
An inquiry has criticised religious organisations' handling of child abuse and said various cultural factors contribute to the problem.
As a bill to reform collective worship progresses in parliament, Stephen Evans argues that the time has come for lawmakers to recognise that laws mandating worship have no place in modern Britain.
Posted: Thu, 16 Sep 2021
Marriage law in England and Wales has failed to keep up with changing social realities. Russell Sandberg, the author of a new book on the topic, calls for change to put couples – not religious institutions...
Posted: Mon, 13 Sep 2021
An inquiry's report has highlighted the barriers which regulators face in dealing with child abuse in religious charities. Megan Manson says this should prompt reforms – including in how charity...
Posted: Mon, 13 Sep 2021
After a mob attacked an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Indonesia and anti-Ahmadi rallies took place in Pakistan, Kunwar Khuldune Shahid says the failure to defend this marginalised group has far-reaching implications....
Posted: Thu, 09 Sep 2021
The IICSA inquiry's latest report on child abuse in religious organisations and settings provides welcome evidence of significant problems – but is still too light on much-needed solutions, says...
Posted: Wed, 08 Sep 2021