The Mail has now removed the paywall from the article I'm quoted in today, which means you can also watch the video snippets of the sermons in question: www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Campaigning for separation of religion and state, challenging religious privilege and promoting equality between all citizens regardless of religion or belief. #Secularism #Secular
@meganmanson.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.social@natsecsoc.bsky.socialRead our full report on how too many religious charities promote sexism, patriarchy and violence against women: www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
@natsecsoc.bsky.socialOur work exposing the religious manosphere in the charity sector has a feature in the Mail.
Several of these charities continue to promote misogyny despite warnings from the Charity Commission.
We need a fundamental rethink of religion and charities.
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@meganmanson.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.socialI'm sure when most people think about charities, they don't imagine them promoting hitting women and pushing gay men off buildings. But this is what this UK charity is doing - all while being exempt from tax.
@stephenmevans.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.socialA mosque in London with charitable status is facing an investigation after it published sermons encouraging husbands to strike their wives and condoning the execution of gay people.
Coverage of @natsecsoc.bsky.social investigation in The Mail 👇
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@thefreethinkermag.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.socialThe Shameful Spectacle of the Pope's Visit to France, by @natsecsoc.bsky.social President Keith Porteous Wood.
@atheismuk.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.socialNo religion should enjoy reserved seats for its clerics in the legislature. But it is even more egregious when the Church of England's hierarchy is forever engulfed in scandal. @natsecsoc.bsky.social
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@thefreethinkermag.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.socialToday in the Freethinker, Dr Antony Lempert criticises the 'regulatory wilderness' of the UK's laws on male circumcision - and how it has led to tragic outcomes, including the death of young boys. @natsecsoc.bsky.social
@meganmanson.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.socialI asked Green Party campaigner about getting backing from mosques despite their charitable status making this unlawful.
They said they got it "undercover".
More: www.secularism.org.uk/news/2026/10...
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@atheismuk.bsky.socialReposted by @natsecsoc.bsky.socialCharity sermon says men can hit wives ‘to show who’s in charge’
Preacher at Hackney mosque condones death penalty for gay men and people accused of 'witchcraft'.
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@natsecsoc.bsky.socialOur work exposing religious charities promoting violence against women has a feature in the Mail on Sunday. Several continue to promote misogyny despite warnings from the Charity Commission. We need a fundamental rethink of religious charities. Read our report: www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
@natsecsoc.bsky.socialSeeking religious endorsements risks fuelling sectarian politics. As charities, mosques must not endorse political parties or candidates.
In this video, a Green Party campaign coordinator admits to a knowing effort to circumvent these rules.
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@natsecsoc.bsky.socialSeeking religious endorsements risks fuelling sectarian politics. It is dangerous and divisive.
As charities, mosques must not endorse political parties or candidates. So why did the Green Party knowingly join an attempt to circumvent these rules?
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@natsecsoc.bsky.socialA Green campaign coordinator has suggested the party knowingly attempted to circumvent rules barring charities from endorsing political parties or candidates.
Seeking religious endorsements risks fuelling sectarian politics and community division.
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@natsecsoc.bsky.socialMosques must follow the same rules as every other charity, yet together with the Green Party, a number appear to have knowingly attempted to circumvent rules barring charities from endorsing political parties or candidates.
We’re quoted @thetimes.com
@natsecsoc.bsky.socialNo religion should enjoy reserved seats for its clerics in the legislature. But it is even more egregious when the Church of England's hierarchy is forever engulfed in scandal. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2026/10...
@natsecsoc.bsky.socialWe're quoted on our referral of a London mosque which promoted "lightly hitting" women, calling for a review of the 'advancement of religion' as a charitable purpose - which enables the promotion of ideas which fuel discrimination, division and abuse.
@natsecsoc.bsky.socialIf the government is serious about tackling misogyny, it must stop enabling its promotion by religious organisations.
Read our full report on why the special status of religion in charity law is contributing to the problem👇
@natsecsoc.bsky.socialWe've reported this charity, the Hackney Islamic Community Centre, to the regulator - but it's just one of many charities who are promoting harm against women under the cloak of 'advancing religion'.
@natsecsoc.bsky.social"Boycott her in bed... and discipline them physically as well, by lightly hitting them to show who is in charge." These are the words of a sermon delivered at a London mosque which, as a registered charity, receives tax breaks to undertake 'the advancement of religion'.