I’m sorry, I’m dating Jesus
A barrage of evangelical dating manuals encourage Christian youth to direct their sexual desire at Jesus, and keep their hands off themselves. Ex-evangelical Jonny Scaramanga looks back at a mis-spent…
Faith & Religion
So why exactly does England have an established church?
As Church of England attendances continue to fall, Paul Sims considers the nation's love of anachronisms
Malta
Free speech and religion don't mix in one of Europe's most religious states, reports Anna Vesterinen
A fundamental problem
Examinations set at evangelical Christian schools in the UK equate evolution with Nazism and teach children that man co-existed with dinosaurs. Some of these schools receive government funding. Jonny Scaramanga,…
What’s a ‘Cultural Muslim’?
For years Saif Rahman has been an agnostic and an ex-Muslim activist. So why is he thinking of calling himself a cultural Muslim?
Hostile takeover?
The government wants the Catholic Church to step in to save England's failing schools. James Gray looks at the latest threat to secular education
God squads
Ian Horsewell is perturbed by a sectarian playground football divide at his son's primary school
Maldives
The Indian Ocean islands are known as a honeymoon paradise, but beyond the gates of the luxury hotels the dominance of Sharia law prohibits free speech and prescribes brutal punishment…
Gagging for God
The capitulation of the Danish left drew Frederik Stjernfelt into the battle to defend free speech. A string of recent attacks have convinced him that it’s a battle that is…
I’m a Pope fan-boy
In a potentially career threatening move, News Editor Paul Sims gets something off his chest