Opinion
Better the muddle you know: Disestablishment and gay marriage
If, as looks very likely, gay marriage becomes law, the established Church will be opposed to the law of the land... Read More »
You can’t do that – it’s against my religion
As the Same-Sex Marriage Bill reaches the House of Lords, Margot Fernandez writes about the American experience of... Read More »
Book Review: The Public Woman by Joan Smith
In her book The Public Woman (The Westbourne Press, 2013), published this month, Joan Smith catalogues the various... Read More »
Britain’s feeble religious right learns no lessons from its debacle at the European Court
We sincerely hope that the rejection by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights of the supposed "religious... Read More »
Catholic magazine says Same Sex Marriage Bill will disestablish the Church of England
The Catholic weekly magazine The Tablet carried an editorial in its 25 May edition predicting that the legalisation... Read More »
New "safe campus" website - radical silence on religious radicalism?
A new website, Safe Campus Communities, aimed at helping universities handle radicalisation and extremism on campuses... Read More »
Women wake up – your dignity is negotiable
This morning I read about a man in Sydney who was accused of rioting last year. Mohammad Issai Issaka, accused of... Read More »
Same-sex marriage – is Cameron’s commitment wobbling?
When the issue of same-sex marriage began to arise around the world, the Catholic Church foolishly decided that it... Read More »
It’s the Church’s Christian duty to support the health service, not leech off it
The Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, says that hospital chaplaincy services "ought never to be... Read More »
We need answers to the doubts and distrust raised by the call for sharia law
We have the privilege of living in a free society, in which the rights of the individual are not determined by their... Read More »
Unsatisfactory answers about Establishment
Keith Porteous Wood reports on Lord MacKay of Clashfern's Richard O'Sullivan Memorial Lecture on the subject "Does... Read More »
Bishops in the House of Lords – too political or not political enough?
By Terry Sanderson
The Labour MP Frank Field (right) has called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to hand over some of... Read More »
Are religions unfair to women? Is the Pope Catholic?
Kate Smurthwaite rocks. Now I've got that out of the way, I will describe in slightly more detail other matters that... Read More »
Not content with a third of state-sponsored schools pushing his faith, now Dr Welby wants the BBC to do more evangelising
The Church of England takes it for granted that it is the taxpayers' job to fund its evangelising. We contribute hundreds... Read More »
The CofE tries to spin its bad news. But it’s still bad news.
The Church of England was struggling to make the best out of its latest attendance figures (pdf) (for 2011), claiming... Read More »
Fighting back in Strasbourg
Twice recently the generally progressive Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has been ambushed... Read More »
Sharia councils: unjust, unequal and consequence of failed integration policies
By Nahla Mahmoud
Personally, I wasn't surprised watching the Panorama on 'Secrets of Sharia Councils in the UK' broadcast... Read More »
How the clash between Islamism and Zionism not only affects the Middle East but also the west
By Rumy Hasan
Samuel Huntington's book The Clash of Civilizations aroused a storm of interest when it was published... Read More »
At last – churches recognise The Big Society for the Big Con that it was
By Terry Sanderson
It seems The Big Society is back – if only for the last nail to be driven into its coffin.... Read More »
Why are children being forced into faith schools?
By Stephen Evans, Campaigns Manager, National Secular Society
When primary school places were allocated in England... Read More »
Christian activists just won’t let it go
By Terry Sanderson
You've got to give them full marks for sheer bloody-mindedness.
I'm talking about the paranoid Christian... Read More »
Saudi religious police aren’t funny
By Terry Sanderson
If you are going to have a special police division to enforce morality in a country that is already... Read More »
It’s not fair! Why has Ireland got Ruairi Quinn, while we’re stuck with Michael Gove?
If only the UK had an education minister like Ireland's Ruairi Quinn.
Mr Quinn is, bit by bit, challenging the stranglehold... Read More »
Why so little openness in the establishment of these Sikh schools?
Guest post by John Hunt
Last month the local press reported that a Sikh free school "remains on course to open in Hounslow... Read More »
After Lord Carey’s attack, Prime Minister assures us that he is a good Christian
Still wincing from Lord Carey's attack, the Prime Minister David Cameron put out his own Easter message, assuring... Read More »
