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April 2019

April 23, 2019

Christian university launches petition against Mike Pence’s visit

MORE than 6,600 have signed a petition calling on Taylor University in Indiana to cancel...

April 16, 2019

RCC caught out lying about ‘dangers’ of non-Catholic Irish schools

The Catholic Church is Ireland has been accused by an Irish academic of spreading misinformation...

April 11, 2019

Rise of atheism deals a further blow to Catholic Church in Spain

AN English language weekly newspaper in Spain, Euro Weekly News, today published the following report...

April 04, 2019

UK psychologist complains of the ‘queering’ of Muslim school kids

Dr Godfrey-Faussett, above, a convert to Islam, has been referred to the Health and Care...

April 03, 2019

‘Liberal’ Jewish seminary refuses to ordain an openly gay student

JEWISH Queer Youth has castigated New York's Yeshivat Chovevei Torah for refusing to ordain openly gay...

April 01, 2019

‘It’s worrying’: far fewer UK students are taking theology courses

President of the British Academy, writer and historian Sir David Cannadine, above, is a worried...

March 2019

March 13, 2019

Education watchdog heaps praise on school engulfed in an LGBT row

AND, as you've probably already guessed, Ofsted's glowing assessment of Parkfield Community School in Saltley,...

March 11, 2019

Police investigate as Birmingham school’s sex-ed protests turn ugly

PROTESTERS – mainly Muslims – have been using 'appalling and 'incendiary' language outside the troubled Parkfield...

March 08, 2019

Deny faith schools of funding when they exercise discrimination

FAITH schools that fall back on religious principles to treat people like crap should be...

March 06, 2019

Rejection of ‘Jesus chicken’ outlet forces resignation of university dean

A DECISION to bar Chick-fil-A – a fast food business run operated according to biblical...

March 04, 2019

Muslim parents withdraw 600 kids as school’s sex-ed row escalates

Parkfield Community School in Birmingham has reportedly lost around 80 percent of its pupils because...

February 2019

February 23, 2019

LGBT teaching threatens ‘tolerance and respect for religion’

UK Education Secretary Damien Hinds has come under fire over the provision of same-sex relationship...

February 23, 2019

Humanists UK takes on Catholic Education Service … and loses

A LEGAL challenge against Catholic schools advertising that jobs that can only be filled by...

February 21, 2019

UK teacher under siege is shortlisted for $1-million education prize

LIFE for Andrew Moffat, above, assistant head at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham, had recently...

February 15, 2019

Former head of a Muslim academy is banned from running schools

A LONDON Islamic fanatic jailed in 2016 for terrorist offences has been banned from being...

February 14, 2019

UK Muslim school severs ties with a sexist, anti-gay organisation

The Al-Miftah Institute, based in Slough, Berkshire, has lost a contract to teach children from...

February 08, 2019

Down with Darwin! Christian idiots force cancellation of school play

A COMEDY musical about the life of Charles Darwin and and his theory of evolution...

February 06, 2019

UK faith schools are being unfairly targeted by education watchdog

EDUCATION watchdog Ofsted has been accused of unfairly targeting faith schools by the Chairman of...

February 03, 2019

Sexist and dirty Islamic schools continue to defy education rules

ACCUSATIONS of sexism and filthly conditions have been levelled at two UK Islamic schools, one...

February 01, 2019

Muslim activist in the UK lashes out at homophobic campaign

FIYAZ Mughal, well-known for opposing anti-Muslim bigotry in the UK, has lashed out at an...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

NY religious leaders vehemently oppose teaching practical subjects

NEW York State's education authorities want pupils in religious and independent schools to be taught...

January 25, 2019

New campaign aims to promote atheism and humanism in Pakistan

THE US-based Brighter Brains Institute – best known for promoting humanism and freethought Africa with...

January 21, 2019

Defiant Jews threaten home schooling to ‘preserve their kids’ purity’

ACRIMONY between Ultra-Orthodox Jews and education authorities has reached a point where some are threatening...

January 17, 2019

Christopher Hitchens Library to open at Ugandan humanist school

FOLLOWING our report earlier this month that a newly-built humanist secondary school in Uganda would...

January 12, 2019

European court rules against Christian homeschooling family

EUROPE'S top human rights court has ruled against a Christian family who defied a German...

January 11, 2019

Jesus, Virgin Mary & others get an apology over ‘pornographic’ book

The Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio has issued a grovelling apology after it was...

January 08, 2019

Man reads ‘The God Delusion’, abandons faith & starts a Dawkins lab

Overcoming religion and superstitious beliefs in Uganda is a daunting task, made all the more...

January 03, 2019

UK education advice ‘violates Orthodox Jew’s human rights’

SHRAGA Stern, a London-based Charedi activist, is, by all accounts, a right pain in the...

December 2018

December 26, 2018

Nude female Christ in RE book aims to ‘provoke thought, not outrage’

There was a right kerfuffle 34 years ago when a sculpture of 'Christa' was unveiled...

December 22, 2018

UK scientists are ‘significantly less religious’ than Brits in general

Elaine Howard Ecklund, above, lead author of a new study into the religious beliefs of...