Saudi Arabia is hardly known for moderate policy making. Law in the theocratic kingdom requires that all citizens be Muslims (an overseas national seeking Saudi citizenship must convert), and religious…
How do you police the internet? It’s a question that most governments are confronting in one way or another, from America’s mass surveillance programme, to Britain’s sentences for Twitter trolls,…
There are currently around 125 million women alive in the world who have undergone some form of female genital mutilation (FGM), a procedure in which female genitalia are altered or…
The National Secular Society's Keith Porteous Wood argues that the widely-hailed Pontiff has failed to address his Church's greatest scandal
On Saturday, the Government said that MPs and peers will be given a free vote on an assisted dying bill. The private members bill, introduced by former Labour lord chancellor…
They may find it uncomfortable, but opponents of halal and kosher who simply point to the evidence need to acknowledge the context in which the argument occurs, says Paul Sims
In a welcome step, the European Parliament last week adopted a progressive resolution on fundamental rights in the European Union. The resolution addresses a wide variety of topics from citizenship…
Reactions to the pop megastar tell us much about race and gender. But let's not exaggerate the importance of celebrity voices in what should be a leaderless movement, says Reni…
A pendant depicting the Arabic word for “Allah” has been edited out of the video for “Dark Horse”, the latest single by pop star Katy Perry, following complaints that the…
Yesterday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a harsh anti-homosexual bill into law. The wide-ranging bill outlines strict penalties for homosexual acts, defined as touching another person “with the intention of…