Opinion
Secularism and religious intolerance - an Ex-Muslim perspective on Karen Armstrong's essay
In an essay written to coincide with the publication of her new book, Karen Armstrong diagnoses the secular impulse... Read More »
Sixth formers: You have the right to withdraw!
Sixth form pupils can excuse themselves from acts of worship – but it appears some schools aren't so keen on... Read More »
Education, not the veil, must come first in schools
Maajid Nawaz argues that a London girls' school is right to ban the Niqab on educational grounds.
British Muslims are... Read More »
A contested subject: religious education and faith schools
Reports of a Cabinet row over plans to require faith schools to teach more than one religion at GCSE level show that... Read More »
Teachers shouldn’t be the victims of religious discrimination
The degree to which we tolerate discrimination against teachers in state-funded faith schools would be totally unacceptable... Read More »
Rowan Williams and his ilk are not the people to decide where religion sits in public life
The Woolf Institute has convened a commission to consider the place and role of religion and belief in contemporary... Read More »
25 years: women working against fundamentalism in the UK
An interview with Nira Yuval-Davis and Sukhwant Dhaliwal, co-editors of the new book telling the story of Women Against... Read More »
Religion “mustn't cause violence”
Both media commentators and politicians seem keen to claim religion as a cause for good deeds but determined not to... Read More »
The Chancel Repairs Bill 2014 (more interesting than you might imagine)
Michael Hall reflects on the importance of Lord Avebury's bill to abolish chancel repair liability and places it in... Read More »
Secularism, today, now
Ahead of an historic conference on the Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights in London this October, Algerian... Read More »
Grievous nonsense
The narrative that Christians are somehow persecuted in the UK – which the Daily Telegraph and former Attorney... Read More »
Principles of secularism and equality must be defended
Attempts to erode equality and undermine secularist principles must be challenged, argues Stephen Evans.
Those seeking... Read More »
No such thing as a ‘faith child’
The state and society undermine children's rights, when they treat them as an extension of their parents' religious... Read More »
Don’t merge human rights with religion, even in Africa
Political religion, particularly that exported from the US, is impeding the struggle for universal human rights in... Read More »
What chance do Yazidis have against group too brutal for al Qaeda?
Quilliam Co-Founder and Chairman and National Secular Society honorary associate Maajid Nawaz gives his thoughts on... Read More »
Ministerial role that promotes religion should have gone, not just the Minister
As Eric Pickles takes over Baroness Warsi's ministerial responsibilities for promoting faith, Stephen Evans argues... Read More »
Talking to God: the corporate religious challenge to a pluralist, progressive Europe
EU and UN 'dialogue' with civil society gives disproportionate weight to conservative religious voices at the expense... Read More »
Kerry County Council crucifix a challenge to religious diversity
Following the erection of a crucifix in the newly renovated Kerry County Council chambers, Dr Ronan McCrea argues... Read More »
A parent’s perspective: a review of the ‘collective worship’ requirement is long overdue
As a parent of a 6 year old daughter, Alison Fenwick argues that the obligation on schools to 'worship' impinges on... Read More »
The world must respond to the cry of Iraq’s Christians
Religious cleansing in Iraq is making a "hateful mockery" of international law which should protect people and uphold... Read More »
Why is the Law Society promoting Islamic rules and legal services?
After attending a seminar held by the Law Society on Islamic rules and legal services, Sadikur Rahman reflects upon... Read More »
Why the time has come to end compulsory worship in schools
With the launch of a new petition calling on political parties to make the removal of the collective worship requirement... Read More »
Commission to investigate religion’s role in society
A commission has set itself up to "take the temperature of Britain's relationship with religion". But with so many... Read More »
Will the Equality Act be battered into submitting to religious exemptions?
Misleading reporting of individual cases and calls for "conscience clauses" feed into a false narrative of Christian... Read More »
It’s not only Islamists who have Trojan Horses
Those with a vested interest in the continuation of 'faith schools' have started their fight back against the growing... Read More »
