This week, voting closed on the Indian general election. It has taken six weeks, with nine separate stages allowing for election staff and security personnel to be redistributed around the…
The kingdom has issued a series of harsh sentences to bloggers.
Secularists are taking the government to court.
“I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah. I will sell them off and marry them off. There is a market for selling humans. Women…
How the Light Gets In, the world’s largest philosophy festival, returns this year with a glittering programme of debates, talks, comedy and live music – including New Humanist’s commissioning editor…
Against the backdrop of bloody violence, it is a victory that voting took place at all. But the real challenge will lie in securing the country's fragile peace, writes Samira…
David Cameron has been very keen in recent weeks to let us all know that he thinks Britain is a Christian country, but where does his Coalition partner Nick Clegg…
A report in the Independent notes that a number of UK schools appear to be introducing bans on “promoting homosexuality”, in measures reminiscent of the restrictions enforced by the infamous…
Samira Shackle takes a closer look at the Nigerian Islamist group, which has killed 1,500 people this year alone, and asks what could be done to end the organisation's increasingly…
David Cameron’s comments about the importance of Christianity in Britain have dominated the headlines over the past week. Whether or not he is pleased with the coverage is another matter.…
A new law in Mississippi will give businesses the right to refuse to serve people on religious grounds. It's a clear violation of the US First Amendment, says Ralph Jones
That there are now ‘two popes’ – Francis and Benedict – alive at the same time is a peculiarity of history; it was as long ago as 1415 that a…
Britain’s prime minister David Cameron, who once described his faith as being “a bit like the reception for Magic FM in the Chilterns: it sort of comes and goes”, appears…
The underhand tactics of the pro-life movement in Texas are beginning to restrict the freedom of women who wish to undergo safe abortions – not just in the Lone Star…
Anne Nassovi fled Uganda in December 2013. The 45 year old had used her property to provide a safe haven for other lesbians as homophobic sentiment in the country grew.…