National Secular Society
@natsecsoc.bsky.social
Campaigning for separation of religion and state, challenging religious privilege and promoting equality between all citizens regardless of religion or belief.
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BREAKING: Bill to remove bishop's vote in Manx parliament passes final stage. Bishop to retain vote until she leaves post or 5 years after bill gets Royal Assent. More to come....
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
BREAKING: Bill to remove bishop's vote in Manx parliament passes final stage. Bishop to retain vote until she leaves post or 5 years after bill gets Royal Assent. More to come....
Our work to make sure Bible colleges which receive public funds are bound by the same free speech rules as all other OfS-registered institutions is featured in @prospectmagazine.co.uk: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...
October 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our work to make sure Bible colleges which receive public funds are bound by the same free speech rules as all other OfS-registered institutions is featured in @prospectmagazine.co.uk: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...
Female subordination. Sexist 'modesty' codes. Violence against women.
Our new report 'Mission and Misogyny' reveals that many registered charities are promoting these ideas - all under the cloak of 'advancing religion'.
Read it in full👇
www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
Our new report 'Mission and Misogyny' reveals that many registered charities are promoting these ideas - all under the cloak of 'advancing religion'.
Read it in full👇
www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Female subordination. Sexist 'modesty' codes. Violence against women.
Our new report 'Mission and Misogyny' reveals that many registered charities are promoting these ideas - all under the cloak of 'advancing religion'.
Read it in full👇
www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
Our new report 'Mission and Misogyny' reveals that many registered charities are promoting these ideas - all under the cloak of 'advancing religion'.
Read it in full👇
www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
Thank you @warinderjussmp.bsky.social for calling for the law to protect people from caste discrimination, and for highlighting our work in this area: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
Find out more about our campaign to end caste discrimination: www.secularism.org.uk/outlaw-caste...
Find out more about our campaign to end caste discrimination: www.secularism.org.uk/outlaw-caste...
September 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Thank you @warinderjussmp.bsky.social for calling for the law to protect people from caste discrimination, and for highlighting our work in this area: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
Find out more about our campaign to end caste discrimination: www.secularism.org.uk/outlaw-caste...
Find out more about our campaign to end caste discrimination: www.secularism.org.uk/outlaw-caste...
Today Moroccan activist #BettyLachgar is scheduled to go on trial for wearing a ‘blasphemous’ tshirt. We’re joining activists around the world calling for her release. #FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws
September 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Today Moroccan activist #BettyLachgar is scheduled to go on trial for wearing a ‘blasphemous’ tshirt. We’re joining activists around the world calling for her release. #FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws
Update: Motion to end parliamentary prayers now has 17 signatures. Thank you very much Manuela Perteghella for becoming the latest MP to sign this EDM!
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Update: Motion to end parliamentary prayers now has 17 signatures. Thank you very much Manuela Perteghella for becoming the latest MP to sign this EDM!
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Update: Motion to end parliamentary prayers now has 15 signatures. Thank you very much @alexkbrewer.bsky.social for becoming the latest MP to put their name to this EDM! edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
May 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Update: Motion to end parliamentary prayers now has 15 signatures. Thank you very much @alexkbrewer.bsky.social for becoming the latest MP to put their name to this EDM! edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Khurram, one of our members, explains the significance that our work on freedom of expression holds for him in our newsletter this week👇
May 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Khurram, one of our members, explains the significance that our work on freedom of expression holds for him in our newsletter this week👇
We agree diverse experience enriches HoL. But reserving seats for clerics of one religion is the opposite of fostering diversity; it simply reinforces CofE privileges. No-one should be appointed just because they're a religious cleric.
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
April 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We agree diverse experience enriches HoL. But reserving seats for clerics of one religion is the opposite of fostering diversity; it simply reinforces CofE privileges. No-one should be appointed just because they're a religious cleric.
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
The prosecution of Hamit Coskun is legally flawed and amounts to a dangerous reintroduction of blasphemy laws through the backdoor. KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social described the charges as "plainly defective". We've urged the CPS to drop them. Story in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/9eb1...
www.thetimes.com/article/9eb1...
April 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The prosecution of Hamit Coskun is legally flawed and amounts to a dangerous reintroduction of blasphemy laws through the backdoor. KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social described the charges as "plainly defective". We've urged the CPS to drop them. Story in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/9eb1...
www.thetimes.com/article/9eb1...
A letter in today's Telegraph from our chief executive @stephenmevans.bsky.social, welcoming Government commitments on free expression, while raising concerns about the transparency of its new anti-Muslim hatred working group.
March 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A letter in today's Telegraph from our chief executive @stephenmevans.bsky.social, welcoming Government commitments on free expression, while raising concerns about the transparency of its new anti-Muslim hatred working group.
WATCH: Islamic charity sermon says men can hit wives who refuse sex.
If a woman has sex under threat of violence, that's rape.
Charity law must be reviewed urgently to stop charities promoting violence against women in the name of religion.
Full story: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/03...
If a woman has sex under threat of violence, that's rape.
Charity law must be reviewed urgently to stop charities promoting violence against women in the name of religion.
Full story: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/03...
March 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
WATCH: Islamic charity sermon says men can hit wives who refuse sex.
If a woman has sex under threat of violence, that's rape.
Charity law must be reviewed urgently to stop charities promoting violence against women in the name of religion.
Full story: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/03...
If a woman has sex under threat of violence, that's rape.
Charity law must be reviewed urgently to stop charities promoting violence against women in the name of religion.
Full story: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/03...
Charity Commission has given “advice and guidance” to a mosque whose sermon said men can hit wives who refuse to have sex.
Much tougher action is needed. Such ideas put women in danger and setting back women’s rights by decades. We're quoted in The Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Much tougher action is needed. Such ideas put women in danger and setting back women’s rights by decades. We're quoted in The Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
March 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Charity Commission has given “advice and guidance” to a mosque whose sermon said men can hit wives who refuse to have sex.
Much tougher action is needed. Such ideas put women in danger and setting back women’s rights by decades. We're quoted in The Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Much tougher action is needed. Such ideas put women in danger and setting back women’s rights by decades. We're quoted in The Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Encouraging to see the Government acknowledge the “harm or trauma” caused by ritual #circumcision.
Surgery, including circumcision, is inherently dangerous. It should only be performed on children by a doctor and with medical necessity.
Surgery, including circumcision, is inherently dangerous. It should only be performed on children by a doctor and with medical necessity.
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Encouraging to see the Government acknowledge the “harm or trauma” caused by ritual #circumcision.
Surgery, including circumcision, is inherently dangerous. It should only be performed on children by a doctor and with medical necessity.
Surgery, including circumcision, is inherently dangerous. It should only be performed on children by a doctor and with medical necessity.
We've worked with MPs to table a motion to end prayers in Parliament. Find out more: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
Ask your MP to sign the motion: www.secularism.org.uk/mp-letter-pa...
Ask your MP to sign the motion: www.secularism.org.uk/mp-letter-pa...
February 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We've worked with MPs to table a motion to end prayers in Parliament. Find out more: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
Ask your MP to sign the motion: www.secularism.org.uk/mp-letter-pa...
Ask your MP to sign the motion: www.secularism.org.uk/mp-letter-pa...
The Government has said it won't scrap the 50% cap on faith-based academies, after the policy faced huge opposition.
A big win for everyone who believes in inclusive schools for everyone, whatever their religion or belief.
More: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
A big win for everyone who believes in inclusive schools for everyone, whatever their religion or belief.
More: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
February 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Government has said it won't scrap the 50% cap on faith-based academies, after the policy faced huge opposition.
A big win for everyone who believes in inclusive schools for everyone, whatever their religion or belief.
More: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
A big win for everyone who believes in inclusive schools for everyone, whatever their religion or belief.
More: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
NEW: We’ve reported a religious charity, Muslim Family Foundation, to the regulator for promoting the subordination of women. See more in The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
February 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
NEW: We’ve reported a religious charity, Muslim Family Foundation, to the regulator for promoting the subordination of women. See more in The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
On #HolocaustMemorialDay we commemorate the atrocities of the Holocaust, including the murder of six million Jews.
January 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
On #HolocaustMemorialDay we commemorate the atrocities of the Holocaust, including the murder of six million Jews.
In a debate on the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, the bishop of St Albans used the privilege of the bishops’ bench to lobby for even greater special access and treatment for the Church of England.
Unfair and undemocratic. Automatic seats for bishops should be abolished.
Unfair and undemocratic. Automatic seats for bishops should be abolished.
January 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
In a debate on the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, the bishop of St Albans used the privilege of the bishops’ bench to lobby for even greater special access and treatment for the Church of England.
Unfair and undemocratic. Automatic seats for bishops should be abolished.
Unfair and undemocratic. Automatic seats for bishops should be abolished.
Our chief exec, quoted in today’s Times about the risks of the concept of ‘Islamophobia’ stifling free speech and hindering necessary conversations.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
January 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our chief exec, quoted in today’s Times about the risks of the concept of ‘Islamophobia’ stifling free speech and hindering necessary conversations.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Our CEO @stephenmevans.bsky.social is quoted in The Times’ investigation into sharia ‘courts’, which undermine women’s rights and community cohesion. Read all: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
December 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Our CEO @stephenmevans.bsky.social is quoted in The Times’ investigation into sharia ‘courts’, which undermine women’s rights and community cohesion. Read all: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Our chief exec @stephenmevans.bsky.social marks #ExMuslimAwarenessMonth by highlighting the precarious position faced by many who leave the Islamic faith. You can read the full op-ed by Dr Ben Jones on our website at www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2024...
#FoRB #ExMuslims #Secularism
#FoRB #ExMuslims #Secularism
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Our chief exec @stephenmevans.bsky.social marks #ExMuslimAwarenessMonth by highlighting the precarious position faced by many who leave the Islamic faith. You can read the full op-ed by Dr Ben Jones on our website at www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2024...
#FoRB #ExMuslims #Secularism
#FoRB #ExMuslims #Secularism
We've written to the Communities Minister Lord Khan urging the government to uphold free expression after calls in parliament this week to reintroduce blasphemy laws 👇
November 29, 2024 at 2:02 PM
We've written to the Communities Minister Lord Khan urging the government to uphold free expression after calls in parliament this week to reintroduce blasphemy laws 👇
It is deeply alarming that an MP is calling for the introduction of new blasphemy laws. Concerningly, the Prime Minister offers no defense of free expression.
MPs should uphold values which are foundational to our society - not seek to dismantle them.
#blasphemy
MPs should uphold values which are foundational to our society - not seek to dismantle them.
#blasphemy
November 27, 2024 at 3:14 PM
It is deeply alarming that an MP is calling for the introduction of new blasphemy laws. Concerningly, the Prime Minister offers no defense of free expression.
MPs should uphold values which are foundational to our society - not seek to dismantle them.
#blasphemy
MPs should uphold values which are foundational to our society - not seek to dismantle them.
#blasphemy
An advert for comedian Fern Brady has been banned over fears it’ll upset Christians. A worrying precedent for artistic expression. We’re quoted in The Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
November 20, 2024 at 7:34 AM
An advert for comedian Fern Brady has been banned over fears it’ll upset Christians. A worrying precedent for artistic expression. We’re quoted in The Times: www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...