What is Hindu nationalism?
A short guide to the ideology of India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi.
Faith & Religion
Has Spanish minister gone too far by giving a policing award to the Virgin Mary?
Secularists are taking the government to court.
Nick Clegg calls for disestablishment of the Church of England
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…
The question isn’t whether Britain is Christian, it’s whether it should be
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.…
How do you spend your days when you’re an ex-pope?
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…
Book review: Zealot by Reza Aslan
This article is from the Spring 2014 issue of New Humanist magazine. You can subscribe here. Reza Aslan was the author granted a priceless publicity gift by Fox News in…
David Cameron should stop playing politics with religion
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…
Does Britain have a problem with Islamophobia?
New report shows that sporadic acts of "domestic terrorism" directed against Muslims continue.
Prominent white supremacist arrested after shootings at Jewish centres in Kansas
The Southern Poverty Law Centre, a US civil rights group, has some background information on the man arrested for shooting dead three people at Jewish centres in Kansas yesterday. Frazier…
Cameron credits Jesus with founding the Big Society
The Prime Minister tells the Downing St Easter reception that Christ invented his flagship policy