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January 2018

January 09, 2018

Making babies for Lord Kartik

The Indian province of West Bengal has an absurd Hindu custom that involves the placing...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

Indian movie director faces death threats over new film

Back in 1992, Hindu fanatics numbering 150,000 demolished the 16th-century Babri Mosque in the city...

November 2017

November 24, 2017

The elephant in the room is a god, ad watchdog decides

In September we reported that Hindus were rebuffed by Australia's Advertising Standards Board, which found...

November 20, 2017

Jesus was the key cause of a nasty family breakup in India

Pictured above are the wife and four children of a Hindu man in India who...

November 01, 2017

BBC's Godslot: 'Deeply boring' but popular with listeners

A poll being run by the BBC that asks 'Does Thought for The Day still...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

Superstition is not the answer to India's mounting problems

India’s Junior Education Minister Satyapal Singh, above, recently stated that engineering students should be taught...

September 2017

September 24, 2017

Rape arrest: another Indian 'godman' falls foul of the law

Falahari Maharaj , 70, a popular 'spiritual' guru, has been arrested in India for the...

September 19, 2017

Meat ad moaners told to get lost by advertising watchdog

Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) has dismissed complaints filed by Hindu groups against a controversial...

September 15, 2017

Seeking publicity in the name of absurd religious sentiments

Gaurav Tyagi, a new contributor to the Freethinker, reflects on the recent row over an...

September 13, 2017

Hindu woman abducted and forced to marry a Muslim

Arti Kumari Sharma, 20, was allegedly abducted at gunpoint at the weekend in the Khairpur District...

September 12, 2017

Jesus turns wine into water – Catholics in India are appalled

An amusing ad for Australian meat was attacked today by the the Catholic Secular Forum...

September 04, 2017

Catholic priest resigns after Ganesh is paraded in a church

Catholic priest Juan José Mateos Castro has been forced to resign after he allowed the...

April 2017

April 17, 2017

So, which religion is right?

Eighty-four percent of the world’s population (5.8 billion out of 6.9 billion in 2010) are...

April 16, 2017

Apostates need support. Help rescue them from religion.

HumanistGlobal.org – the new website of the Brighter Brains Institute that launched the world’s first...

March 2017

March 07, 2017

Fuck modesty for International Women's Day on March 8!

Wherever Islamism gains power and influence, it comes for women first. And it's always a...

January 2017

January 04, 2017

Shiva party poster censored in the wake of Hindu fury

A grovelling apology has been issued to the Hindus in the UK after outrage was...

November 2016

November 18, 2016

Indian 'god woman' arrested after fatal wedding shooting

Flamboyant Indian 'god woman' and nationalist politician Sadhvi Deva Thakur has surrendered after a shooting...

October 2016

October 23, 2016

Forget garlic, it's cow pee you need to keep Dracula at bay

A government agency in India established to protect cows has claimed that that the sprinkling...

October 15, 2016

Violent protests scupper an atheist convention in India

A two-day atheism convention that was to commence in Mathura yesterday was called off after...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

Danish editor sparks free speech row in South Africa

Flemming Rose, above, of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, was due to deliver an academic freedom...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Charlatan appointed Trump's Christian policy advisor

Frank Amedia, of Touch Heaven Ministries in Ohio, above, is a self-proclaimed faith-healing prophet who...

April 2016

April 17, 2016

UK scientist helps Christian cult to promote creationism

The Jehovah's Witness bagged themselves a Big One when they got Professor Raj Kalaria, above,...

March 2016

March 06, 2016

And on the first day, I was an atheist

This is the story of my not so spiritual journey. Let us begin with my...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Jesus was a Hindu book upsets Christians, who call for a ban

A book first published in 1946 has been re-released in India, much to the annoyance...

February 22, 2016

Islamists in Bangladesh slaughter a Hindu priest

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the hacking death of a Hindu priest...

February 11, 2016

NSS President furious over theme of LGBT History Month

Writing this week for Gay Star News under the headline 'How did LGBT History Month...

February 08, 2016

Indian court rejects misogyny case against Hindu god Ram

Indian lawyer Chandan Kumar Singh, above, has been heavily criticised for bringing a court action...

February 02, 2016

India's Supreme Court will reconsider anti-gay legislation

In 2013, extremist religious groups in India challenged a 2009 High Court decision to decriminalise...