Dr Antony Lempert says the findings of two recent medical papers critical of infant circumcision should prompt us to greater protect children from religious and cultural genital cutting. Two recently ...

Human rights activist Ibtissam "Betty" Lachgar arrested following social media post deemed 'offensive to Islam' The National Secular Society is calling for the release of a woman arrested in Morocco ...

Apostasy is punishable with death in nearly a dozen countries, according to a new report from Humanists International. The Freedom of Thought Report 2021 found that "apostasy" is punishable with death ...

Select committee report acknowledges reserved seats for clerics in legislatures are "rare" A bill to remove the bishop's vote in the upper chamber of the Manx legislature has progressed to the next ...

Keir Starmer urged to prohibit "desecration" of religious texts and "Abrahamic prophets" The National Secular Society has expressed concerns following an MP's call for religious texts and "Abrahamic" ...

One in seven local authorities has adopted a definition of 'Islamophobia' rejected by the government over free speech concerns, a new Civitas report has revealed. In 2018, the All-Party Parliamentary ...

More than half the population thinks Islam is incompatible with British values. Megan Manson says there is much evidence to support this view – but Muslims who promote more liberal interpretations of ...

A third of independent faith schools inspected by Ofsted did not meet independent school standards this year. Independent faith schools are significantly underperforming compared with those that are ...

NSS: Guilty verdict would echo "blasphemy law" and establish "extremist's veto". The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to appeal a Crown Court decision to overturn the conviction of a man who burned ...

Charges of harassment, alarm or distress "against the religious institution of Islam" set a dangerous precedent for free speech, argues Stephen Evans. Earlier this year the Home Secretary Yvette ...

Research partly funded by NSS finds ex-Muslims' free speech under threat, members hear. The "staggering" findings of research into the experiences of ex-Muslims in the UK were revealed at the National ...

Islamic scripture is being used to justify attacks on women's rights in many countries. Secular law is a crucial defence – and shielding Islam from criticism undermines efforts to assert it, says ...