The National Secular Society has called on the Government to guarantee a new definition of anti-Muslim hatred will be subject to public consultation. A working group, tasked with developing a ...

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 ...

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" ...

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 ...

Child sexual abuse revealed during religious confession must be reported, Home Office tells NSS The National Secular has welcomed commitments from the Government that there will be no religious ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Establishing a right not to be offended sounds the death knell for free expression, says Stephen Evans. Today, a 50-year-old man named Hamit Coskun was found guilty of a religiously aggravated public ...