Kenya’s Atheists Campaign For A Public Holiday – A Sign Of Kenya’s Secularization?

Kenya’s atheist community has campaigned for a public holiday recognising non-believers. Is this a sign of increasing secularization within Kenya? Atheists in Kenya have proposed to their government to declare a national holiday for non-believers in the country. This request has made local and international headlines. It has sparked debates and discussions on the possibility […] Read more

Africa’s Achilles’ Heel: Superstition and the Imperative of Critical Inquiry

Africa’s inability to move on from superstitious beliefs and toward critical inquiry is preventing the continent from keeping up with the rest of the world. A lot has been said and written about Africa and the continent’s inextricable bind to superstitions. Anthropologists have documented cases of unyielding magical manifestations and interpretations of reality. They have […] Read more

Will the Rise of Sinophobia Backfire on the Islamic World?

With China’s ascendancy to global superpower status, incidences of anti-Chinese sentiment are sure to increase. However, China will not remain idle. In the far West of China lies the region of Xinjiang, also referred to as East Turkestan. Xinjiang is the traditional homeland of the Uyghur people, a Turkic ethnic group with an identity, culture, […] Read more

Being Non-Religious in Africa – Why Secular Countries Must Help

Being known as a humanist or an atheist can mean social ostracisation at best, at worst, death in Africa. Secular liberal countries must do more for them. Being a non-religious person comes with many risks and challenges. In many nations across Africa and the world, those who identify openly as atheists or agnostics are unable […] Read more

No, Western Culture Did Not Come from Judeo-Christian Values

The West can proudly boast its advocacy of liberal democracy, pluralism, and freedom of expression, and Judeo-Christian values are contrary to those. The argument that Western values are based on Judeo-Christian ideas is quite old. In fact, it is a fashionable form of the good old “morality comes from religion” argument. Perhaps the recent popularity of […] Read more