National Secular Society
British TV channel’s call to prayer stirs controversy
By Trevor Grundy — July 17, 2013
(RNS) The head of programming at Channel 4 describes the decision to broadcast live the Muslim call to prayer as an act of “provocation” aimed at viewers who associate Islam with terrorism and extremism.
British government asks church to take over thousands of state schools
By Trevor Grundy — July 10, 2013
(RNS) The Church of England insists that state schools that become academies under its control will lead to higher educational standards and not the Christian "indoctrination" of pupils. The National Secular Society begs to differ.
Christianity in Britain losing ground to Islam, secularism
By Trevor Grundy — December 11, 2012
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) New figures from the 2011 National Census show that the number of people who identify as Christians in England and Wales has fallen by 4 million over the last 10 years, from 37.3 million to 33 million last year. By Trevor Grundy.
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