Opinion
GP Taylor: Why faith has no place in our schools
Many principled people of faith oppose religious privilege in state schools. Former Anglican priest GP Taylor makes... Read More »
NSS statement following Charlie Hebdo attack
Restrictions on criticising or satirising religion, especially Islam, have hugely increased since Salman Rushdie was... Read More »
Churches, charity and the conferring of privilege
There are many ways to do good, including campaigning for human rights and equality over discrimination and prejudice,... 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 »
Law Society, religion and the law: reasons to be cheerful
The last year has seen a number of successful campaigns against attempts to impose religion in our secular legal system.... Read More »
Government’s GCSE subject content review is another missed opportunity
The Government's proposal to reform the religious studies GCSE subject content falls far short of what's really needed,... Read More »
A strange case of blasphemy
The Sony crisis is almost identical to the Satanic Verses controversy, or the Mohammed cartoon riots. Benjamin Jones... Read More »
Britain First – foot soldiers of a ‘Christian Nation’?
When mainstream politicians endorse the 'Christian Nation' narrative they feed both Muslim and Christian persecution... Read More »
The Christmas nativity: Let it go! Let it go!
After it this week emerged that some school nativity plays are losing their religion, Stephen Evans argues that schools... Read More »
Tower Hamlets and the Dangers of Communal Politics
Last week, the accountancy firm PwC, in its audit of Tower Hamlets Council and its Mayor, Lutfur Rahman, catalogued... Read More »
Mission creep in the anti-war left
Video has emerged of the Left Unity political party voting on whether to endorse the Islamic State. Although the amendment... Read More »
Parent's perspective: The Collective Worship dilemma
One parent speaks out about the damaging impact of excluding her young child from mandatory collective worship in... Read More »
Who are the true Muslims – all or none?
Moderate believers argue that Isis has misinterpreted the Koran. But no one can determine who is right or wrong, argues... Read More »
Operation Christmas Child
Every year the National Secular Society is contacted by parents upset to discover that a festive charitable project... Read More »
Assisted Dying: It is now a case of ‘when’, rather than ‘if’
On Friday 7 November the Assisted Dying Bill was debated in the House of Lords. The executive director of the National... Read More »
Remembrance Sunday should not be dominated by religion
Historian, broadcaster and NSS honorary associate Dan Snow on the need for an inclusive and secular remembrance ceremony... Read More »
Transport to faith schools: Local authorities shouldn't be subsidising religious segregation
A "hideous form of discrimination" or the justifiable removal of a religious privilege? NSS campaigns manager Stephen... Read More »
The rise of political Islam in Turkey: how the West got it wrong
Political Islamism has undermined the Turkish Republic's secular social order, education and legal systems and Western... 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 »
Free Church of Scotland attacks secularism and “sexual equality”; calls for Biblical principles in Scottish Government
The Free Church of Scotland has labelled secularism "harmful to society" and called for the new Scottish constitutional... Read More »
‘Shariafication by stealth’ in the UK
The state's adoption of 'faith based' approaches to address minority issues are increasingly marginalising women from... Read More »
Secular conference created a sense of imminent and momentous change – and women will be the driving force
The passion of feminist secular activists from around the world at a recent conference has inspired Terry Sanderson,... Read More »
The Bishops, the Catholic vote and the Referendum
Alistair McBay argues that a growing political alliance between the leadership of the Catholic Church in Scotland... Read More »
Conquering fear with hope: Secularism 2014
Ahead of this weekend's conference on the Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights, Gita Sahgal highlights the... Read More »
Apostasy and blasphemy laws: an affront to human rights
Iran's execution of Mohsen Amir-Aslani on apostasy charges illustrates the injustices caused by such laws in the Middle... Read More »
