atheism

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• UK: British Social Attitudes: Record number of Brits with no religion
  13 September 2017, by siawi3

  The decline in religious affiliation is hitting the Church of England particularly hard. Just 15% of people in Britain consider themselves Anglican, half the proportion who said this in 2000. The fall in religious affiliation has been driven, at least in part, by young people. In 2016, seven in ten (71%) of young people aged 18-24 said they had no religion, up from 62% in 2015

• USA: As a Black Atheist, I can’t wait.
  21 August 2017, by siawi3

  This is my last chance to live my best life. I can’t afford to sit around patiently for white America to straighten out its own issues. I need to go after the life of equality I want in the here and now because, as an a black atheist, after I die I won’t be able to do it anymore.

• UK : Un nombre record de Britanniques sans religion
  13 septembre 2017, par siawi3

  Plus de la moitié (53 %) du public britannique se décrit aujourd’hui comme n’ayant « aucune religion ». La proportion de non-croyants a augmenté progressivement depuis le début de l’enquête, en 1983, où elle s’élevait à 31 %. La chute de l’affiliation religieuse a été déterminée, au moins en partie, par les jeunes. En 2016, sept sur dix (71 %) des 18-24 ans ont déclaré n’avoir aucune religion contre 62 % en 2015.

• 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.”

• UK: Support ex-Muslim atheist Nasir Irshad! He must be granted asylum in the UK
  22 January 2014, by siawi3

  There are countless asylum cases over the past several years with a rising number securing asylum based on their atheism and due to a well-founded fear of persecution for apostasy and leaving Islam. Asylum and protection for apostates and ex-Muslim atheists is a basic right. Nasir Irshad (Pakistan) is under threat of imminent deportation. We call on the Home Office to immediately cancel any attempts to deport Nasir and to grant him the protection he deserves and which is his right.

• Who is afraid of Egyptian atheists?
  29 October 2013, by siawi3

  Like any dictatorship, the regime is selecting a group of enemies on whom it can lay the blame for anything it chooses to label as “destabilizing”

• A word from Ghazi El Beji: Tunisian Atheist who’s sentenced to 7 years and a half of imprisonment
  30 October 2013, by siawi3

  "we made a revolution to free ourselves from oppression but now it’s gotten worse”

• Tunisie : « l’illusion de l’Islam » dévoile l’illusion de la liberté
  30 octobre 2013, par siawi3

  Que peut-il être considéré comme atteinte à l’ordre public à l’ère de la révolution ? C’est la question de Mahmoud Beji, le père de Ghazi : « ils sont libres de penser ce qu’ils veulent… c’est quoi le problème s’ils ne sont pas croyants ? »

• Tunisia: The “Atheists” Affair in Mahdia
  30 October 2013, by siawi3

  The crime of being an atheist:
  “I hope that the new constitution will harden the punishment [alourdir la peine] for this type of crime to protect religion and the Muslim sensibilities of Tunisians.”

• Egypt: Free Sherif Gaber Now
  29 October 2013, by siawi3

  Suez Canal University filed a complaint against a 20 year-old commerce student who started a Facebook group for atheists.
  Sherif Gaber was arrested yesterday. An international campaign to free him is being launched today.

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