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An Interview with Viana Eriksson – President of the Cyprus Humanist Association

April 15, 2017 | by Angelos Sofocleous | 0 Comments

To begin with, tell us a few things about the Cyprus Humanist Association. The Cyprus Humanist Association (CHA) is a newly founded organisation which promotes humanism, a secular state, equal human rights and equal treatment of everyone regardless of religion or belief. The Association formed in 2015. For about two years, we have been working […] Read more

How Should We Judge Ayaan Hirsi Ali?

April 14, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

Irrespective of whether you agree or disagree with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, she has lived and experienced a world that her critics, by and large, have not. Read more

Unfortunately 100 is Small Pickings for Ramzan Kadyrov

April 13, 2017 | by Dale Claridge | 0 Comments

LGBT activist groups and human rights watch organisations are uncovering the systematic targeting of homosexual men in Chechnya. Distressingly, there are reports of prison camps in which gay men are being murdered. Chechnya’s current leader, Kadyrov, has made a number of statements that could be interpreted as either utterly delusional, or duplicitous and poorly calculated. […] Read more

Palm Sunday Massacre: Egypt’s Coptic Christians are Endangered

April 13, 2017 | by Sarah Mills | 0 Comments

The Palm Sunday massacres in Egypt killed at least 44 people and left over 100 wounded. The international community must do more to help. Read more

An Interview with Ron Millar – PAC Coordinator for the Center for Freethought Equality

April 12, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What’s your own story? How did you get into the Freethought Equality business? Was there much of a family background? My family has no history in atheist and humanist politics. I was raised in a fundamentalist Christian church and enjoyed interacting with many of the people there, but their narrow view of […] Read more

An Interview with Christine M. Shellska – President, Atheist Alliance International

April 8, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

In this interview, Christine M. Shellska discusses atheism worldwide and its demographics, and the work of Atheist Alliance International. Read more

Is It Wrong to Assume Arab Countries Violate Women’s Rights?

April 7, 2017 | by Sarah Mills | 0 Comments

No country has benefit - especially Arab Countries - or has been shown to benefit, from the mistreatment of half its population. Women deserve better. Read more

An Interview with Jim G. Helton – President of Tri-State Freethinkers

April 7, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So many terms float around the Web, but they’re generally overlapping, such as secular humanist, bright, and so on. For the Tri-State Freethinkers, what is the definition of a freethinker? Basically, somebody who makes decisions using science, logic, and reason without dogma. How did you become a freethinker? It started with my […] Read more

Popular Trends and How They Affect the Problem of Witch Hunting in Zimbabwe

April 6, 2017 | by Takudza Mazwienduna | 0 Comments

Witchcraft has become one of the fundamental beliefs in Zimbabwe such that it is regarded as a reality. However, there is no evidence to support it. Read more

Invisibility of Atheism: Exploring the Phenomenon of Worldly Religion in Africa

April 5, 2017 | by Leo Igwe | 0 Comments

Leo Igwe refutes conceptions of African religiosity as deeply mystical showing it to be embedded in material needs and desires, rendering atheism invisible. Read more