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Category Archives: Religion

Published on
28 August 2015

‘British Values’ and Extremism Disruption Orders

Posted in British Politics, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Education, Freedom, Human Rights, Liberty, Morality in Public, Religion

‘Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves’ – William Pitt the Younger Earlier in 2015 Baroness Warsi declared that Britain is fighting an ‘ever-losing battle’ against violent extremists and The Guardian reported that ‘more people were being radicalized in their […]

Published on
31 July 2014

Politics, Religion and the Trojan Horse Inquiry

Posted in British Politics, Christianity, Culture, Education, Islam, Morality in Public, Religion

As details of the Trojan Horse inquiry make their way into the mainstream press, and as it becomes apparent that there really was something very troubling going on in certain state-funded schools in Birmingham, it is to be expected that questions be asked about the place of religion in schools. But while the ‘hardline and […]

Published on
7 May 2014

‘To Do God, or not to Do God’, and UKIP’s Fortunes

Posted in Big Society, British Politics, Culture, Public Policy, Religion

Nigel Farage’s reputation is proving, so The Huffington Post has observed, to have the non-stick qualities of Teflon. However xenophobic, eccentric or clown-like members of his party show themselves to be, UKIP are still set to win big in the forthcoming European elections. In policy terms it is, however, very hard to account for the […]

Published on
3 March 2014

Religious Slaughter and the Rights of Chickens in Denmark

Posted in Civil Liberties, Conscience, Culture, Ethics in the Media, Human Rights, Liberty, Moral Philosophy, Morality in Public, Public Policy, Religion

To the delight of secularists and ‘animal rights’ activists the Danish parliament last week passed a law banning Kosher and Halal methods of slaughter on the grounds that these violate the rights of animals. Dan Jørgensen, the Danish minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries told Denmark’s TV2 that ‘animal rights come before religion’. Unsurprisingly, Jewish […]

Published on
28 October 2013

What Good is Religion in Public Life?

Posted in British Politics, Christianity, Conscience, Culture, Legal Affairs, Moral Philosophy, Morality in Public, Philosophy, Religion, Social Commentary

‘We don’t do God’ said Alastair Campbell. In an increasingly secularised world the idea that religion might play any constructive role in public life is ever more considered a relic of the past. Religious institutions are considered at best well-meaning repositories of old thoughts in beautiful buildings the like of which we shall simply not […]