NSS renews calls for disestablishment as less than 2% of English population attend church at least once a month The National Secular Society has renewed calls for separation of Church and state, after ...

NSS chief executive Stephen Evans on why quashing a Quran-burning conviction is a vital win for free speech. Last week's Crown Court judgment marked an important victory for free expression – and for ...

A National Secular Society-backed appeal has seen a man's conviction for burning a copy of the Quran overturned. Hamit Coskun was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence by ...

New report from NSS reveals charities promoting or condoning women's subordination, marital rape and FGM. Charities are promoting violence against women – including marital rape – under the guise of ...

Independent Jewish school which asks families if they 'purify' utensils acquired from non-Jews converts to state-funded school The National Secular Society has expressed alarm that a London faith ...

What certainly isn't working, if the interests of society's poorest children are the metric, are legal exemptions allowing faith schools to discriminate on the basis of religion in their admissions.

NSS refers charity to regulator after pastor claims accepting homosexuality means also accepting paedophilia, racism and bestiality. The National Secular Society (NSS) has referred a newly registered ...

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 ...

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 ...

Letter signed by 10 groups says definition "risks fuelling division rather than fostering social cohesion" The National Secular Society has signed an joint letter urging the Government to abandon ...

MPs vote to legalise choice of assisted dying; bill will now proceed to House of Lords A bill to legalise the choice of assisted dying has cleared the House of Commons in a landmark vote today. MPs ...

Hamit Coskun found guilty of religiously-aggravated public order offence for burning Quran in protest The prosecution of a man for burning a Quran in protest signals "a concerning capitulation to ...