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NSS rejects Church’s call for end to RE right to withdraw, without meaningful reform
The National Secular Society has said that Religious Education must be fundamentally reformed before the existing... Read More »
Calls to boost integration after claims Muslim children can grow up without meeting non-Muslims
The National Secular Society has accused the Government of dividing communities with the push to open new faith schools,... Read More »
Foreign Office urges Russia to uphold human rights after Jehovah’s Witnesses ruling
The Foreign Office has condemned a decision by the Russian Supreme Court to label Jehovah's Witnesses "extremists."... Read More »
Welsh students launch petition against collective worship
Two Welsh school students have launched a petition calling on Welsh Assembly Members to end the obligation on schools... Read More »
New call for mandatory reporting after Catholic Church in Australia admits “devastating” scale of child abuse
Five secularist organisations, including the NSS, have called for the Catholic Church to take real action to ensure... Read More »
Success! Pharmaceutical Council embraces secular reforms
The independent pharmacists' regulator has approved new standards governing the role of religion in pharmacy services,... Read More »
New faith schools announced in latest round of free schools
A number of new faith schools have been approved to open by the Department for Education (DfE) in the twelfth wave... Read More »
NSS urges regulator to investigate charity behind notorious monk-brewed booze
The National Secular Society has written to the Charity Commission urging it to investigate a religious charity behind... Read More »
Ireland sees 73% increase in number of non-believers
Census figures released by the Irish Central Statistics Office show a huge increase in the number of non-believers,... Read More »
Salafi school pulls “male only” job advert
An independent Islamic school in Birmingham has been forced to withdraw an advert for a "male science & Islamic... Read More »
“No evidence” that denominational schools are academically superior, study finds
A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research has found that there is "no evidence" to suggest Scotland's denominational... Read More »
Government finally launches consultation on caste discrimination, but only asks “whether” law should change
The Government's consultation on caste discrimination was finally launched this week after years of delay.
Sadiq Khan: Imperative that pupils from different backgrounds mix at school
Sadiq Khan has hit out at the Government's plans to allow total religiously-selective admissions in new free schools... Read More »
Pakistani twitter users call for hanging of ‘blasphemer’
Many Pakistanis and other Muslims from around the world called for the execution of a secular writer for blasphemy... Read More »
Conservative MP says anti-discrimination law is “unwanted”
A Conservative MP has criticised attempts to outlaw caste based discrimination on the basis that it is "unwanted"... Read More »
Report confirms deep ethnic divisions in English faith schools
A new report, Understanding school segregation in England, has set out the extent of ethnic and religious division... Read More »
“Unacceptable” for Ultra-Orthodox faith schools to shun children with transgender parents, says DfE
The Department for Education is to investigate faith schools implicated in the ostracisation of children of transgender... Read More »
Keep education and religion separate to boost science attainment, study suggests
A study by academics at Leeds Beckett University and the University of Missouri has found a strong "negative correlation"... Read More »
Turkish secularists fear Erdogan’s theocracy as referendum looms
Turkish secularists have expressed their fears for the country's secular future ahead of a referendum to drastically... Read More »
LibDems back phasing out religious discrimination in school admissions
The LibDems have backed a series of reforms to the role of religion in the UK education system, in a motion approved... Read More »
Yasmin Rehman named Secularist of the Year 2017
The Irwin Prize for Secularist of the Year 2017 has been awarded to Yasmin Rehman, the secular campaigner for women's... Read More »
Defending Progressivism conference announced
A conference around the theme of 'defending progressivism' is to be held in London on April 29.
The conference, organised... Read More »
LibDems to debate ending religious discrimination in schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed news that the Liberal Democrats' spring conference will consider the party's... Read More »
Police called following disturbance after bookshop accused of throwing away Qurans
Police in Bradford attended the site of a skip near a former bookshop after 'shocked' locals reportedly discovered... Read More »
Christian group warns of “hidden dangers” in challenging homophobia
A fundamentalist group which provides support to Accelerated Christian Education schools in the UK is hosting a discussion... Read More »
