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

Not in Our Name: House of Commons Meeting

Modi Not Welcome in the UK

Indian Government’s Attempt to Gag Lawyers Collective in India

Urgent Request for Signature in Support of Lawyers Collective (India)

Narendra Modi Exposed Report

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

Manifesto on Women and Secularism

Resolution in Support of Asia Bibi

SHARIA LAWS

The Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority Withdraws Its Endorsement of the Law Society’s Discriminatory Practice Note on Sharia Wills

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

Unspoken

Law Society Withdraws Sharia Wills Practice Note

We Are All Charlie

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