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April 2021

April 23, 2021

Secularism is subjecting Western Christians to ‘polite persecution’

THE head of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue, above, has seized on a new religious...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

‘Hostility to religion’ and secularism is driving down birth rates

PHILIP Jenkins, above, a professor at Baylor – a Christian University in Texas University –...

October 2020

October 10, 2020

‘Jesus’ calls for war against ‘secular extremists’

ACTOR Jim Caviezel received a serious blow to the head by a big ol' wooden...

April 2020

April 08, 2020

Veteran UK atheist Barbara Smoker dies aged 96

I LEARNED with sadness today that Barbara Smoker, former President of the National Secular Society, ...

July 2019

July 28, 2019

Snowflake Republican attacks immigration, feminism & secularism

A couple of things to note about State Senator Sylvia Allen, who represents Snowflake, Arizona:...

May 2019

May 21, 2019

Pakistan lawyer is named Secularist of the Year by NSS

SAIF ul Malook, the lawyer who defended Asia Bibi who spent eight years on death...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Prayers have no place in Parliament, say a number of UK MPs

FOR at least 450 years Anglican prayers have kicked off proceedings in Parliament, but a...

January 12, 2019

Beekeeping helps young Ugandans lead lives untainted by religion

THIS week I was contacted by Masereka Solomon, above, who brought to my attention a charity...

December 2018

December 07, 2018

Heresy-busting app takes the hard work out of protesting blasphemy

Muslims in Indonesia no longer have to create banners and take to the streets to...

December 04, 2018

Faith groups & secularists say Matthew Whitaker is not fit for purpose

A letter signed last week by a coalition of 22 Muslim, Christian, Jewish and secular...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

Scottish politician vows to give his son a Jesus-centred education

A century ago Scotland snuggled up to the Catholic Church, and agreed – under the...

October 2018

October 15, 2018

Banned Bible classes: retirement home accused of hostility to religion

Hardly a week goes by without the media reporting on Christians being 'persecuted' by nasty...

September 2018

September 29, 2018

NSS protests UK judge’s claim that Islam is a peaceful religion

Following remarks about the peaceful nature of Islam by Mr Justice Haddon-Cave, above, the National...

September 02, 2018

Swiss politician slammed for objecting to Christian ads

Mohamed Hamdaoui, inset, a journalist and left-wing Social Democratic Party representative for the city of...

August 2018

August 14, 2018

Survey shows that Scotland is no longer a faith-based country

Commenting the findings of a poll commissioned by Humanist Society Scotland, Gordon MacRae, above, Chief Executive...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

London Humanists target the BBC over exclusionary godslot

Last month the South East London Humanist Group (SELHuG) held the first of a planned...

June 2018

June 28, 2018

Retirement of liberal American judge sparks gloomy forecasts

The news this week that Justice Anthony Kennedy, above, is retiring from the US Supreme...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

Tory tit Jacob Rees-Mogg falls victim to 'bigotry' in the BBC

I've always regarded Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg as a bit of a tit – and...

May 11, 2018

Faith schools: Catholics and secularists criticise new plans

The Government has abandoned plans to lift the 50 per cap on faith admissions in...

April 2018

April 28, 2018

Bishop blasted by Scottish secularists over BBC complaint

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley, John Keenan, above, was accused yesterday by the Scottish...

April 27, 2018

Religion trumps equality: court rules against London coroner

Senior coroner Mary Hassell, above, who refused to fast-track Muslim and Jewish burials, has been...

April 21, 2018

NSS campaign launched to end state-funded faith schools

Historian and broadcaster Dan Snow, left, and politician and former actor Lord Cashman are among...

April 19, 2018

Irreligious Britain is entering a 'frightening new Dark Age'

Bishop Philip Egan of the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth – pictured above with a glum...

April 18, 2018

Court: NJ taxpayers won't have to foot huge church repair bills

The New Jersey Supreme Court, in a 7-0 decision today, upheld the state Constitution’s prohibition...

March 2018

March 25, 2018

NSS names its Secularists of the Year at a London ceremony

Phil Johnson and Graham Sawyer, left, a serving vicar, were yesterday named Secularists of the...

March 14, 2018

Sweden pledges to impose a ban on religious schools

Outlining its education policy ahead of this year’s General Election, Sweden’s governing Social Democrats yesterday...

February 2018

February 18, 2018

Secularism is as great a threat to Christianity as terrorism

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich – a Catholic Republican – claimed last night that...

February 09, 2018

London town hall to become a Hindu temple. Locals protest.

London's ITV news reported today that a sizeable protest took place outside Southall Town Hall...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

More Catholic schools needed to project children into heaven

Growing secularism in the US has led to an increasing number of Catholic schools closing,...

January 26, 2018

When it was announced by the Trump administration last year that Catholic Kansas Governor Sam...