BMSD signs NSS open letter to Education Secretary: Government must respect children’s rights and abolish collective worship requirement – 17.06.2016
Posted: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:49 Thirty campaigners, including academics, MPs, peers, faith groups and educators, have called on the Government to abolish the law requiring Christian worship in English schools, following criticism of the practice from the UN. The signatories to the letter, organised by the National Secular Society, include Ted Cantle, who warned…
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External blog post: Tehmina Kazi reading and Muslim LGBT activism at University of Leicester – 29.06.2016
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on June 29, 2016 As the final event of the Queering Islam events series for 2015-2016, Tehmina Kazi, the Director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy, visited us at the University of Leicester to do a reading of her story ‘The Tulip Asylum’, a story about homosexuality…
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BMSD Director of Media Tehmina Kazi gives presentation on Islam and citizenship education at Benenden School – 15.06.2016
This was a presentation given to a group of local Religious Education teachers, from different schools. The Director of Media discussed a number of pioneering projects in this area, and the importance of teaching philosophy and critical thinking skills to students was repeatedly emphasised. The Director of Media recommended some progressive texts for the creation…
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VIDEO: BMSD and Northern Ireland Humanists speak about Muslim and Christian sectarianism at Scottish Secular Society event in Glasgow – 13.06.2016
In western societies, inter-religious sectarianism is a disturbing reminder that however much we cleave to the values of the Enlightenment, it remains the case that irrationality, intolerance and violence based on religious difference are still with us. On a Monday evening in Glasgow the Scottish Secular Society were delighted to host, in conjunction with our…
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The Orlando tragedy brings out the same old comments, writes Tehmina Kazi for Sedaa – 13.06.2016
By Tehmina Kazi In what appears to be the worst mass shooting in US history, 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire in a gay Florida nightclub at 2am on Sunday, killing 50 people and injuring up to 53 others. Orlando sheriff Jerry Demings called the shooting a “domestic terror incident” and the FBI — who already…
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Benjamin David’s article on the BMSD, Middlesex University and UEL Prevent symposium – 31.05.2016
The UK’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy Is Flawed – Is There an Alternative? 31/05/2016 12:04 | Updated 31 May 2016 London saw some of the most exceptional minds congregated on the 23rd of May for a symposium on a crucial part of the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy – Prevent. The event was run by British Muslims for Secular…
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