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The Vilification of Ex-Muslims and Islamic Reformers

October 12, 2016 | by Ivor Jones | 5 Comments

Those fighting for Islamic reform are some of the bravest, courageous and most important people alive today. We owe them our support. When Martin Luther sent his Ninety-Five Thesis to the Archbishop of Mainz, a document which attacked the cynical selling of indulgences by priests to faithful church-goers, on October 31st 1517, he likely had […] Read more

We Should be Worried about Theresa May’s Conference Speech

October 10, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

Almost everything in Theresa May’s conference speech deserves condemnation. It was a populist pitch to xenophobia and a call to ignore economic reality and charge headlong into the disaster that will be Hard Brexit. The Prime Minister has turned the Conservative Party into a slicker, less comedic, and much more dangerous UKIP. Alongside the frightening […] Read more

An Interview with Dr. Stephen Law

October 1, 2016 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you become an activist and a philosopher? I have always been very interested in philosophical questions – such as: How can I know other people have minds? Why is there something rather than nothing? What makes things morally right or wrong? However, I was unaware that there was actually a […] Read more

Interview with Professor Anthony Grayling - Philosopher and Master, New College of the Humanities

September 29, 2016 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you become an activist and a philosopher? I became interested in philosophy at an early age, while living in central Africa, where there was much racism and oppression of the local people by the white colonials, and the conjunction of the two made me interested in ideas and in human rights. Was university […] Read more

The UK-Government Must Stop Witchcraft-Style Exorcisms Happening Here in Britain

September 28, 2016 | by Leo Igwe | 0 Comments

Some weeks ago I urged the UK authorities to halt a Nigerian pastor visiting London. D K Olukoya is a church minister with a sinister mission – to eradicate witchcraft. He was scheduled to perform deliverance and healing services at an event that was organized by the UK branch of his church, the Mountain of […] Read more

Interview with Terry Sanderson – President, National Secular Society

September 15, 2016 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Terry Sanderson, the President of the National Secular Society – a British campaigning organisation that promotes secularism and separation of Church and State. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How’d you become an activist? I became an activist entirely by circumstance, by accident even. My recently published autobiography The Adventures of a Happy Homosexual is subtitled Memoirs of […] Read more

Corbyn is Not Simply Incompetent; He is Morally Indefensible

September 10, 2016 | by Ivor Jones | 1 Comments

In the interests of openness and honesty I must start this piece with a confession. Back in June 2015 I was supportive of Corbyn’s candidacy to be the leader of the Labour party. I was enthused by the fact that he wished to stand up for the poorest in society, he was against ill-thought out military […] Read more

How the BBC Just Shot Itself in The Foot, Repeatedly

September 7, 2016 | by Madelaine Hanson | 0 Comments

“The BBC,” my father says knowledgeably over his prescription sunglasses, “Will not exist in its current form in 10 years time.” He’s probably right. Whoever decided it was a good idea to move BBC3 online and then put a whopping £145.50 bill on it definitely didn’t pass any marketing exams. Even I, a mere BSc Anthropology […] Read more

Stopping Olukoya and Witch hunting in UK Black Communities

September 6, 2016 | by Leo Igwe | 1 Comments

Witchcraft related abuse is a very serious problem in African migrant communities in the UK. There is documented evidence that these abuses are linked to activities of African pastors and churches. Unfortunately efforts to address this problem are bogged down by concerns over racism, minority rights and abuse of religious liberty. Vulnerable members of the […] Read more

The Left’s Jewish Problem Runs Deeper than Israel

August 29, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

Dealing with anti-semitism may require jettisoning more of the politics of envy, populism, and collectivism than the left is capable of. The debate over the left’s anti-semitism problem has continued unabated recently. The Labour Party continues to flip-flop over whether people who hate Jews are welcome in the party, and the student left continues to struggle to […] Read more