Highlighting that there is "no offence of blasphemy in our law", the Court added that whilst burning a Quran may be an act ...

NSS chief executive Stephen Evans on why quashing a Quran-burning conviction is a vital win for free speech. Read More » ...

Ahead of this week's appeal hearing, Stephen Evans says the NSS is supporting Hamit Coskun – not to defend his actions, but ...

Hamit Coskun was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence by Westminster Magistrates' Court in June after ...

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 ...

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 ...

Religious observance should be replaced with "inclusive, non-confessional" assemblies, says NSS The National Secular Society has called for the repeal of collective worship laws at a Scottish ...

New communities secretary says he will reject definition if it threatens free speech Ministers have expressed reservations about the adoption of an official definition of 'Islamophobia', following ...

State-funded faith schools can discriminate against children whose families don't share their religion. This is unfair, unjust and toxic for social cohesion. Join our campaign for inclusive schools ...

The NSS has launched a new report exposing how some religious charities promote misogyny with impunity. Megan Manson explains why the report was written, and what needs to happen next. We should take ...

Female subordination. Sexist 'modesty' codes. Violence against women. These are forms of misogyny we would expect charities to try to combat. Yet, as our groundbreaking report reveals, too many ...