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Research by the National Secular Society found that 132,216 children were assigned to faith schools in England between 2014 and 2020 despite their families
listing a non-faith school as their first preference.
Paul Stephen, the Independents Alliance councillor for Woodstock, has decreed that politics and religion no longer mix in the council chamber at
Sittingbourne and has refused to appoint a new civic chaplain.
Dignity in Dying said the rule change, announced late on Thursday for England, has made it "impossible to plan" for terminally ill patients hoping to travel
to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.
The abbey was affiliated with Downside School, which was highlighted in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). The review found "appalling
abuse" was inflicted on pupils and the institution tried to cover it up.
Fourteen suspected accomplices to the French Islamist militants behind the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in
Paris will go on trial on Wednesday.
A deep-rooted tradition of unapologetically poking fun at men and gods alike may be in peril five years after the deadly jihadist attacks on satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo, observers say.
A riot broke out on Friday in the southern Swedish town of Malmo, where at least 300 people had gathered to protest against anti-Islam activities, police
said.
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun called Sunday for the proclamation of a "secular state" during a televised address to mark the upcoming centenary of the
Lebanese state.
A long-running court battle over Bible studies being allowed in state schools has been dropped after a "opt-in" clause was added to the Education and
Training Act 2020.
The Governor of Kano State has accepted the death penalty on singer Yahaya Sharif. Sharif was convicted by a sharia court for insulting the Islamic prophet
Muhammed in a song he shared on WhatsApp.
A new report says compulsory registration for Islamic marriages is needed to tackle discrimination and abuse. Megan Manson argues broad reform to marriage
laws is a better way to ensure fairness and equality for all.
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