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 ...

The film Women Leaving Islam shows the risks facing those who stand up for the fundamental right to leave religion and the ongoing neglect of minorities within minorities in public life, says Helen ...

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" ...

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 ...

The wording of a charge against a man who burnt a Quran in protest was "incorrectly applied", the Crown Prosecution Service has admitted. Hamit Coskun was charged with intent to cause "harassment, ...

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 ...

Counter-extremism report recommends review of religious charities linked to anti-blasphemy activism. A new report has warned UK 'anti-blasphemy activism' is becoming "increasingly radicalised" and ...

The National Secular Society has welcomed a decision to ban a former faith school proprietor after he published hateful sermons about women and gay people. The Department for Education today announced ...

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 ...

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 ...

Moussa Kadri given suspended sentence after violently attacking Hamit Coskun with a knife for burning a Quran. A man who attacked a protestor with a knife for burning a Quran has avoided jail. Moussa ...

Labour MP Warinder Juss calls for caste to be included in the Equality Act The National Secular Society has supported an MP's call for caste discrimination to be outlawed. Caste systems are rooted in ...