CAMPAIGNS
RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
SBS has campaigned against the rise of religious fundamentalism in all religions since 1989 and the fundamentalist frenzy surrounding the publication of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses. Since then, we have seen a rapid rise in religious fundamentalist and ultra-conservative movements across the world. We view these reactionary forces as a serious threat to fundamental human rights and freedoms of not only women but also minorities and other marginalised groups. Recent developments in law and social policy such as the push towards the privatisation of justice and the promotion of a faith-based approach to minorities (multi-faithism) have empowered fundamentalists of all religions to wield more power and control. They now threaten to undo the gains that women have made in challenging injustice and inequality. This is why SBS has made the struggle for secularism a priority and linked it to the struggle for women’s rights, racial equality and democracy generally.
The Hindu Right
CAMPAIGN AGAINST NARENDRA MODI AND HINDUTVA POLITICS
Narendra Modi & the Rise of “Hindu Fascism”
Campaign Against Narendra Modi and Hindutva Politics
Bring Modi to Justice, Urges Meeting Hosted at UK Parliament
UK Modi Supporters Attempt to Silence Free Speech After Parliament Meeting
Not in Our Name: House of Commons Meeting
Indian Government’s Attempt to Gag Lawyers Collective in India
Urgent Request for Signature in Support of Lawyers Collective (India)
SBS Adds Voice to Demand to Remove Charity Status from Hindu Group
Unspeakable Violence Unleashed by Modi’s Band of Hindu Fundamentalists
The Islamic Right
GENDER SEGREGATION
Manifesto for Secularism – Against the Religious Right
Nearly 200 Signatories Call to Dismantle Parallel Legal Systems
SBS Demands Equal Access to Justice
Fundamentalism, Extremism and Cultural Rights
Campaign Against Gender Apartheid in UK Universities
Gender Segregation is Gender Apartheid
Court of Appeal Finds That Gender Segregation Can Amount to Unlawful Sex Discrimination
SHARIA LAWS
SBS Steps Up Its Campaign Against the Law Society
Sharia Wills – Open Letter to the Law Society
Conference on the Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights
Manifesto for Secularism – Against the Religious Right
Law Society Withdraws Sharia Wills Practice Note
Women’s Rights Campaigners Meet with Law Society
Women’s Rights Groups Urge Government to Hold Inquiry into Sharia ‘Courts’
Sharia Law, Legal Pluralism and Access to Justice Conference
Open Letter to the Home Secretary
Boycott of the Sharia Law Inquiry
Religious Arbitration and Women’s Rights
Sharia Law, Legal Pluralism and Access to Justice
Home Affairs Select Committee on Inquiry into Sharia Councils
#16DaysActivism – Gender Inequality
BME Women Raise Their Voices Against Parallel Legal Systems
Parallel Legal Systems an Affront to Women’s Rights
Sharia ‘Courts’: Why Regulation is Not the Answer
Sharia Laws Are Part of the Extremist Threat and Not a Solution
We Call on the British Government to Stop Pushing Minority Women Towards Religious Courts
Manifesto on Women and Secularism
Resolution in Support of Asia Bibi
BBC Asian Network Facilitates the Islamist Project by Silencing the Feminist Voice
Nearly 200 Signatories Call to Dismantle Parallel Legal Systems