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Campaigning for separation of religion and state, challenging religious privilege and promoting equality between all citizens regardless of religion or belief.
- We've expressed concerns following an MP's call for religious texts and "Abrahamic" prophets to be legally protected from 'desecration'. Deeply alarming. Peaceful coexistence will not be achieved by submitting to blasphemy codes.
- We’re concerned this man has been charged after he burnt a Quran. Blasphemy is not a crime. Based on available evidence, he does not seem to have violated the boundaries of what should be considered lawful speech. @gmpolice should set out their reasoning for this decision.BREAKING: Suspect named after Quran allegedly burned at Manchester memorial manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
- We've reported two mosques to the Charity Commission for "effectively condoning marital rape" 👇
- 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.During PMQs today, I asked the Prime Minister to introduce measures to prohibit desecration of religious texts and targeted vilification of all the prophets of the Abrahamic faiths. As November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month, it is vital the Government takes clear and
00:00Readers added contextThe UK already has legislation which creates offences of stirring up religious hatred. This applies to all religions and atheism and was introduced by the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006. legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/1/s… - We've reported this charity to the regulator after its imam said women have an "obligation" to make themselves sexually available to their husbands. Charities should not promote ideology which leaves women vulnerable to abusive coercive control.
- This attempt by activists to disrupt the screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ goes beyond the reasonable limits of the right to protest – it represents an effort to suppress freedom of expression on the grounds of ‘offense’ to religious sensibilities.
- An Islamic charity with alleged links to the Iranian regime is reportedly facing an investigation by Scotland Yard and the Charity Commission. Dar Alhekma Trust is registered under the ‘advancement of religion’.
- We’ve referred an Islamic charity to the watchdog after its co-founder claimed “a woman must serve her husband by cooking and cleaning”. The public purse should not be subsidising this regressive ideology through charitable tax breaks.
- WATCH: A preacher at registered charity An-Noor Masjid says a husband is allowed to hit his wife if she refuses to have sex with him. We've reported it to the regulator. Read more: secularism.org.uk/news/2024/09/n…
00:00 - NEW: We've reported two Islamic charities to the regulator after they recently hosted sermons which effectively condoned marital rape.
- In an appalling case, a UK imam (and NHS manager) has been terrorising individuals accused of ‘insulting Islam’ by saying blasphemers should be executed. There’s been a worrying lack of action from authorities. We’re quoted 👇
- A victory for common sense. We can reveal that Brian Leach, who was sacked by Asda for sharing a video of Billy Connolly mocking religion on social media, has been reinstated secularism.org.uk/news/2019/07/e… #FreeExpression
- BREAKING – Crown Prosecution Service admits wording of the charge was "incorrectly applied" and has "substituted a new charge”. However, any conviction based on the facts of this case would suggest the reinstatement of an offense of blasphemy in English law by the back door.By charging a man with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress against the "religious institution of Islam", the @CPSUK appears to be reviving blasphemy laws. Our advice says the prosecution is "defective". We're calling for the charge to be dropped. secularism.org.uk/news/2025/04/q…
