atheism

Articles

• Algeria: Freedom of Thought Report
  18 December 2017, by siawi3

  As declared in the constitution, Algeria is a Sunni Islamic State. The Constitution bans non-Muslims from holding high-level government positions. Non-religious groups meet in secret to avoid state persecution and social approbation. Those who “renounce” Islam may be imprisoned, fined, or co-erced to re-convert.

• Le blogueur saoudien Raef Badaoui en grève de la faim
  12 décembre 2015, par siawi3

  Le blogueur saoudien Raef Badaoui, condamné à dix ans de prison et mille coups de fouet dans son pays pour avoir « insulté » sur internet les valeurs de l’islam, observe une grève de la faim depuis mardi après avoir été transféré dans une nouvelle prison.

• EGYPT PULSE: Egyptian atheists launch web video series
  23 May 2015, by siawi3

  An Egyptian couple regularly transform their bedroom into a studio to produce an online TV program on atheism.

• Atheist Association of Turkey
  10 June 2015, by siawi3

  The Atheism Association in Turkey is second public atheist organisation formed in what is known as a Muslim-majority country, the first being Morocco.

• West Bank heretic
  12 October 2015, by siawi3

  Arab countries, many of which have laws forbidding blasphemy against Islam, have long tried to export the criminalization of irreligious speech to the rest of the world. The U.N. General Assembly is regularly confronted with resolutions to oppose the “defamation of religions”. Anti-blasphemy laws are frequently used to suppress the speech of artists, dissidents, journalists and others. It’s an idea deeply incompatible with democracy and human rights. And that’s why the enforcement of anti-blasphemy laws in the West Bank is troubling. As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian leaders continue the long, slow march toward statehood, they must make careful choices about the society they are creating. Will the new country move toward fundamentalist values and Islamic law, as many followers of Hamas would like, or will it opt to be a more open, democratic society?

• Ex-Muslims of North America has formed
  13 November 2013, by siawi3

  Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) exists to build a community and provide a sense of solidarity for Ex-Muslims

• India: Atheism is as much a right as the right to religion
  15 December 2016, by siawi3

  The recent event in Mathura, where an old swami-turned-atheist, Balendu Swami, wished to organise a private conclave for discussion of his (un)belief was manhandled because he had hurt the religious sentiments of the believers, both Hindu and Muslim, is, apart from being a violation of one’s constitutional rights, also brings to the fore the very long history and persistence of atheism in human civilisation.

• Lose religion; gain a world
  3 February 2016, by siawi3

  Interview with Clive Aruede, Organiser of London Black Atheists.
  Also: Rouhani’s visit to Italy and France and the covering of nude statues, a boy chopping off his hand for blasphemy, the banning of the word wine in print and refugees against sex assaults on Cologne

• Islamic communities contain ’tsunamis of atheism’ that are being suppressed
  6 October 2016, by siawi3

  Documentary exposes ’silent challenges’ facing those who abandon their Muslim faith

• Afghan atheist to get asylum in Britain on religious grounds
  22 January 2014, by siawi3

  An Afghan man is understood to have become the first atheist ever to secure asylum in Britain on religious grounds. “The decision represents an important recognition that a lack of religious belief is in itself a thoughtful and seriously-held philosophical position.”

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