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March 2017

March 06, 2017

Humanists are starting to gain a foothold in the Philippines

The woman pictured giving science lessons to children in a poor part of Alabang close...

March 02, 2017

Christian Concern attacks new approach to sex education

Ahead of yesterday's announcement by the UK Government that children will be taught about healthy...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Muslim parents are allegedly ganging up on Oldham teacher

Fears that a new Trojan Horse plot has been hatched to Islamise a school in...

February 10, 2017

Priest jailed for 28 years for abusing vulnerable children

Roy Lovatt, 71, above, a Catholic priest and housemaster at a Yorkshire children's home, received...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

Prayer boosted pupils' grades, lying school principal claimed

Mississippi school principal Lowanda Tyler-Jones, above, had an explanation for the dramatic improvement in the...

January 21, 2017

Who's the evil one? Peter Palumbo or Jessica Ahlquist?

In January of 2012, just days after atheist Jessica Ahlquist won her lawsuit to take...

January 10, 2017

Social integration trumps religious freedom, says ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled this week that Switzerland was justified in...

January 04, 2017

Muslim school in London spied on pupils in its toilets area

Sexism, poor hygiene and, disturbingly, a CCTV camera in the toilet area at the independent...

January 02, 2017

Muslim morality campaigner rids school of 'satanic' teacher

Music teacher Maria Shestopalova, above, was forced to resign after a self-styled Russian campaigner for...

December 2016

December 25, 2016

Homosexual 'bullies' force removal of Lord Carey portrait

The Christian Institute has vented it's anger over a decision by King's College in London...

December 21, 2016

Anti-gay Christian schools cry 'foul' over Ofsted findings

A number of private Christian schools have threatened legal action after being told to stop...

November 2016

November 18, 2016

Rabbi accuses education body of targeting Jewish schools

At an acrimonious meeting in the London borough of Hackney this week, Rabbi Avraham Pinter,...

November 15, 2016

Traditional marriage supporters are branded 'useless trash'

An anti-gay hate group, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is spitting tacks after an assistant...

November 11, 2016

Crazy creationist Carson could shape US education policy

Amidst widespread rioting across America following Trump's victory, the Freedom From Religion Foundation warned that Dr Ben...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

'Twisted' Muslim school needs cash to appeal closure order

The Jamia al-Hudaa Residential College in Nottingham is trying to raise £200,000 to fight a...

October 18, 2016

Islamic girls boarding school could be forced to close

Aliyah Saleem, above, who was expelled from the Jamia Al Hudaa girls’ school in Nottingham...

October 13, 2016

Judge rules that two Muslim teachers were treated unfairly

Lifetime bans imposed on Inamulhaq Anwar, above, and Akeel Ahmed following the "Trojan Horse" inquiry...

October 10, 2016

Scottish Humanists demand action over pupils' punishment

The Humanist Society Scotland announced today that it was writing to Education Secretary John Swinney...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Texas school paints over its Ten Commandments mural

A high school in Lubbock, Texas, agreed to paint over the mural after the Freedom...

September 18, 2016

Education Minister says religion should trump science

Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett, above, last week stressed the importance of Jewish studies over...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

Australian Anglican school slaps down anti-gay parents

When two sets of parents complained that an exclusive Sydney Anglican girls' school – Kambala –...

August 23, 2016

Crazy Jewish sect bars women from attending universities

A warning that a university education is 'dangerous' and should be avoided by Ultra-Orthodox Jewish...

August 08, 2016

UKIP's Lisa Duffy wants burqas banned in public places

The party's leadership hopeful today said she wants the Muslim veil banned in public buildings,...

August 01, 2016

Satanic Temple launches drive against school evangelism

For way too long, evangelical Christian groups in the US have virtually remained unopposed in...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

Danish editor sparks free speech row in South Africa

Flemming Rose, above, of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, was due to deliver an academic freedom...

July 23, 2016

Evangelicals, atheists and Muslims unite against Irish RE

The Evangelical Alliance of Ireland (EAI) – headed by pastor Nick Park, above – has...

July 14, 2016

Violent Christian school head banned from teaching

Following the closure last year of a London school established to 'educate children with sound...

July 09, 2016

Lawsuit claims that school kids were hectored by an evangelist

Hector ('El Father') Delgado, above, a reggae-artist-turned evangelical preacher, has sparked a lawsuit in Puerto...

July 04, 2016

Pupils at illegal Jewish school put at risk by untrained staff

Last month it was reported here that dozens of schoolchildren trapped on a beach at...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Swedish Minister asks whether it's time to ban faith schools

Amid reports that some schools are segregating boys and girls, Sweden's Minister for Upper Secondary...