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May 2017

May 20, 2017

Dagbladet's anti-circumcision cartoon attacked by rabbi

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, has called on Norwegian authorities...

May 10, 2017

Celebrating apostasy and blasphemy in London in July

The Freethinker interviews Maryam Namazi and Marieme Helie Lucas ahead of the International Conference on...

May 09, 2017

Indonesian Governor jailed for blaspheming against Islam

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, above, better known by his nickname Ahok, has been handed a two-year...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

UK PM criticised for holding a snap election during Ramadan

Some British Muslims aren't happy that UK voters are being asked to go to the...

April 24, 2017

US doctor admits mutilating girls for religious reasons

Jumana Nagarwala, above, a Detroit-area Muslim doctor accused of mutilating the genitals of young girls,...

April 22, 2017

Kadyrov wants to rid Chechnya of gays before Ramadan

The Muslim President of Chechnya – the gun-toting lunatic Ramzan Kadyrov, above – has publicly...

April 18, 2017

London school kids get to meet an 'extremist' Muslim preacher

Outrage has been expressed over visits by state school students, aged eight and nine, to Lewisham...

April 17, 2017

Pakistan: another 'blasphemer' killed by murderous Islamists

University student Mashal Khan, above, was brutally slain in Pakistan on the morning of April...

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...

April 14, 2017

Muslim convert introduces sharia patrols in Minneapolis

Abdullah Rashid, 22, above, a convert to Islam, has reportedly angered Muslims in the Cedar-Riverside...

April 11, 2017

Preacher warns Muslim men not urinate in public toilets

Abdulghani Albaf, above, an Islamist preacher in Sydney, has become an international laughing stock after...

April 10, 2017

Raudha Athif: did she commit suicide or was she murdered?

An autopsy report on Athif, a 20-year-old Maldivian model who was found hanged in Bangladesh...

April 09, 2017

Gay couple face 100 lashes each for breaching sharia law

Back in 2014, Indonesia's Aceh province approved a law known as qanun jinaya which punishes...

April 07, 2017

Spanish police arrest Muslim couple for abuse of daughter

In a case indicative of Spain's determination to clamp down on Islamic extremism and child...

April 06, 2017

Imam in hiding after calling for closure of Islamic schools

Australian imam Mohammed Tawhidi, above, claims he has been forced into hiding after voicing support...

April 04, 2017

International Atheist of the Year ceremony held in Poland

At the weekend, the International Atheist Award was jointly handed in Warsaw to Michael Nugent,...

April 04, 2017

Muslim call to prayer dance remix sparks death threats

El Guitone nightclub in Nabeul, Tunisia has been shut down and is currently under investigation...

April 03, 2017

Teacher in trouble for saying Adam & Eve story is a myth

Parents of children attending a Muslim school in New York are furious that an English...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Kindergarten resists Muslims' demand to sack gay teacher

Muslim parents in Germany who want a a gay teacher removed from a kindergarten have...

March 29, 2017

Not much wisdom

There’s this idea that even if you’re not a believer and you don’t see Holy...

March 29, 2017

Ultra-Orthodox Jews are spared the sight of a female Smurf

The billboard above – advertising a a new Smurf movie – has been censored to...

March 27, 2017

'If my son was killed for being an atheist, I'll become one too'

Those words were reportedly spoken by R Hameed, the Muslim father of H Farook, 31,...

March 27, 2017

Officials tell couple that they can't name their child 'Allah'

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia has filed a lawsuit against two state officials...

March 24, 2017

Jews and Muslims unite to condemn hate preacher

Jordanian cleric Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr, above, has sparked an investigation into a...

March 23, 2017

Porn, not prayer aired on Islamic TV channel in Senegal

Devout Muslims watching Touba TV in Senegal were shocked when the the religious channel broadcast...

March 19, 2017

NSS awards Secularist of the Year prize to Yasmin Rehman

The Irwin Prize of £5000 for Secularist of the Year 2017 was awarded in London...

March 15, 2017

Disney pulls Beauty and the Beast out of Malaysia

The Walt Disney Company has indefinitely pulled Beauty and the Beast from theaters in Malaysia...

March 13, 2017

Secular Muslim warns against 'predators of liberty' in the UK

Maajid Usman Nawaz, above, a politician, broadcaster and an honorary associate of the National Secular...

March 12, 2017

Marginalising religious minorities harms society

Between a rock and a jihad place If a secular and pluralistic society wishes to...